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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917

263 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 10 of 14

To-day's Cables. in Russia. Gloomy Outlook. Kerensky Resigns. Resignation Not Accepted. Soldiers' Manifesto to the World. Contiunuance of the War Will Wreck Democracy and Government. London

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 6 August 1917 · page 2

Kerrensky has re[?]gned, but his resignation has not been accepted, a meeting of all parties agreeing that he is the only man able to govern the…

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More Sea Murder Belgium Steamer Torpedoed London

National Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1917 · page 1

The Admiralty confirms the message that a German submarine torpedoed the Belgian Princess on July 31 The crew abandoned the ship in two…

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Trench Steamer Torpedoed. Amsterdam, Tuesday Night

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 8 August 1917 · page 3

An Austrian submarine torpedoed the steamer Berthilde, which was revictualling a French worship in the Medittorinnean. Twenty five of the…

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Schooner's Exciting Voyage

Leader · Friday 10 August 1917 · page 3

Mana, a schooner of 126 tons Thames measurement, fitted with a twin cylinder paraffin motor for auxiliary purposes, built by the Whitstable…

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Foundered the Steamer Cumberland. Sydney

National Advocate · Monday 13 August 1917 · page 2

The steamer Cumberland, which was beached at Gabo recently owing to a mysterious explosion, foundered at 10.30 this morning, 9 miles east of…

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The Wreck of the [?]Umberland

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 13 August 1917 · page 2

Further particulars of the foundering of the steamer, Cumberland, show that the disaster was due to the heavy sea which came up…

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American Oil Steamer Sunk by Submarine. Washington

National Advocate · Wednesday 15 August 1917 · page 1

The sinking of an American oil steamer, Cambana, and the capture of the captain and naval guns by a German submarine, is announced by the…

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Sunk by U Boat. American Tank Steamer

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 22

The Navy Department has announced that an American tank steamer, Campana, was sunk by a U boat…

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China at War Austrian Steamer Seized. Shanghai

National Advocate · Friday 17 August 1917 · page 1

The Chinese Government authorities have taken over three Austrian merchantmen in the harbor, without disturbance. The vessels were…

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Dunbar Tragedy Sixtieth Anniversary Great Wreck Recalled

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 21 August 1917 · page 4

Although it is 60 years since the clipper ship Dunbar (Captain James Green) was wrecked on the rocks at the Gap (near South Head), this…

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Tasmanian Steamer Service. State Requisition a Steamer. Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 23 August 1917 · page 21

The Federal Ministry has requisintioned the Tasmanian mail steamer, Conah, which has been held up owing to the refusal of the tow to work…

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Steamer Ablaze a Serious Outbreak. Vessel Partly Submerged. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 29 August 1917 · page 2

The Burns, Philp, and Co.'s steamer Morinda, which put into Sydney yesterday after having experienced an outbreak of fire among tho copra…

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Steamer Burnt. Sydney

National Advocate · Thursday 30 August 1917 · page 2

The steamer Morinda, which was on fire all yesterday afternoon, has now settled down in the mud at the wharf near Millers' Point. All the…

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Steamer Afire. Submerged in the Harbor Sydney

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 30 August 1917 · page 14

The steamer Maranda arrived at Port jackson from New Gumea this morning with a fire burning fiercely o board of her. the [?]…

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Sunken Steamer "Black" Shipwrights Will Not Work Her. Position of the Morinda. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 30 August 1917 · page 2

The sunken steamer Morinda, now lying almost entirely submerged at Miller's Point has been declared "black." Several shipwrikhts put in…

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Stone on the Line Evident Attempt at Wreck. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Saturday 1 September 1917 · page 2

Advices received in Sydney state, that a stone, weighting about sixty pounds, was found on the rails near the Rosedale colliery, Tenterfield, just…

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Britsh-italan Monitors. Dominiate Gulf of Trieste. Have Wrecked Enemy Railways

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 3 September 1917 · page 1

The correspondents at the Italian front com[?]sise the fact that the Angle Italian members which [?] the Gull of…

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Steamer Traffic

National Advocate · Thursday 6 September 1917 · page 2

The first interstate steamer to sail from Sydney since the seamens strike cleared port last night. She is bound for Melbourne, Adelaide and Port…

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Smoke Blinds Firemen. Fighting Blaze on Schooner

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 6 September 1917 · page 15

The fire which occurred on a four-masted schooner at Port Adelaide on Monday night, was not under control till noon on…

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Women Workers for Steamer and Meatworks. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 6 September 1917 · page 1

The Loyal Service Bureau, Public Instruction Department, Bridge-street, City, supplied several women for employment at a local meatworks. It is…

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