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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

328 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 12 of 17

Cholera on Japanese Steamer. Vancouver

National Advocate · Saturday 5 August 1916 · page 2

The steamer Hawaii Maru (Japanese), which was ready to sail from Vancouver, has been quarantined. 1.5 cases of cholera were discovered, which…

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Another Steamer Sunk. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 August 1916 · page 2

The steamer Mount Conistan has been sunk…

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Hun Piracy Another Danish Steamer Sunk. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 8 August 1916 · page 4

Another Danish steamer has been sunk, and it is reported at Copenhagen that the Wilson steamer Awaro has been torpedoed…

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Another Outrage Shelling of a Steamer. Vessel Put in Flames. Genoa

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 9 August 1916 · page 2

There are eighteen survivors of the Italian steamer Siena. The commander says the vessel was bombarded by a submarine flying the…

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Danish Picnic Steamer. Captured by the Germans. Copenhagen

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 10 August 1916 · page 3

The Danish passenger boat Ydun, returning to port with several hundred children on board after a picnic in Jutland, was captured by the…

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Mr Hughes' Steamer Purchase Praise From Political Opponents. Melbourne

National Advocate · Thursday 10 August 1916 · page 2

"If the State Governments work with the Federal Government to support the new line. it will bring Australian freights down with a run,"…

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Italian Steamer Sunk. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1916 · page 4

The Italian steamer Nervs and French and Italian salvage vess[?]ls have been sunk…

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Steamer Companies Amalgamate. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1916 · page 2

The Prince (Newcastle) line [?] steamers has amalgamated with the Furness Withy and Co. line, of West Hartlepool…

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Are German Warship Out? Report by Steamer. Copenhagen

National Advocate · Wednesday 16 August 1916 · page 4

A steamer from England reports that German warships are cruising the Norwegian coast. Zeppelins and seaplanes had also been observed…

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Italian Steamer Sunk. Disaster to Norwegian Steamer. * LONDON

National Advocate · Thursday 17 August 1916 · page 3

The Italian steamer Teti has been sunk in the Mediterranean. The crew of the Norwegian steamer Aranda, travelling to Glasgow from…

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Wrecked Dublin Reconstruction Bill. Mr. T. Healey's Protest. London

National Advocate · Saturday 19 August 1916 · page 2

In the House of Comonms Mr. Duke moved the second reading of the bill providing for the reconstruction of that part of Dublin ruined during the…

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Steamer Sunk. Christiana

Leader · Monday 21 August 1916 · page 2

The "Aften Posen" states a steamer was observed to sink another by gunfire forty miles south of Stavanger. The nationality of both ships is…

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Steamer Commonwealth Founders. Sydney

Leader · Monday 21 August 1916 · page 2

While bound to Sydney from the north coast, the steamer Commonwealth foundered off Terrigal Head at 3.30 yesterday. She carried no…

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British Steamer Held Up. Washington

National Advocate · Monday 21 August 1916 · page 4

The British steamer Karue, bound for Manilla from New York, has been held up at Hong Kong for the last 10 days, where the British authorities…

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Infernal Machine. Destroys Swedish Steamer. Copenhagen, Saturday

The Bathurst Times · Monday 21 August 1916 · page 2

The captan of the Swedish steamer Ragnarok, 1107 tons, which was blown up in the North Sea while bound for Rouen, with a cargo of…

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Wreck of the Dunbar. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 21 August 1916 · page 1

It is 50 years to-day since the Dunbar was wrecked at The Gap, Watson's Bay, when 100 lives were lost and a cargo to the value of…

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Steamer on the Rocks. Captain's Certificate Suspended. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 26 August 1916 · page 1

At the Marine Court inquiry to-day into the stranding of the collier Five Islands at Botany Heads, the Court found that the accident had been…

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Another Steamer Gone. London

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 28 August 1916 · page 2

The Admiralty announces that the steamer Duk of Albany, 2000 tons, was torpedoed in the North Sea, and all hoods drowned, including…

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British Steamer Submarined in the North Sea. London

National Advocate · Monday 28 August 1916 · page 3

It is officially stated that the armed boarding steamer Duke of Albany, was submarined in the North Sea on August 22. Twenty-four were…

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Arctic Expedition Party Wrecked. All Hands Saved. (Australian Cable Association Messages.) New York

Leader · Monday 28 August 1916 · page 2

The power schooner, the Great Bear, carrying the Border-Lane Arctic expedition, was wrecked in the Behring Sea on August 10. The…

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