Attacked by Submarine. a Steamer Sunk
SYDNEY, Wednesday.--While the British steamer Turnwell, which arrived at Melbourne to-day from New York, was off the south coast of Ireland, in June last, a…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915
234 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 12
A Mysterious Steamer. Laden With Munitions
LONDON, Tuesday.--Press reports from Dutch East Indies indicate that a mysterious steamer, named the Maverick, which was apprehended there through the agency…
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LONDON, Monday.--British secret service agents found numbers of private yachts fitted out at American ports attack Mexican oil steamers carrying supplies of oil to…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--A fire was reported on board a big steamer at present lying at Holbight. The outbreak occurred on the boat deck; some oars, masts, sails and boat…
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LONDON, Monday.--The steamer Admiral Hammel, which was torpedoed in the Mediterranean, re ceived no warning. The submarine fired 40 shells while the…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The steamer Fiona is held up at Mort's Dock, owing to the boilermakers refusing to work. It appears to be a question between unionists and…
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LONDON, Monday.--The steamer Colorado, bound from New York with cargo of cotton took lire at era. It is reported thai another steamer rescued the officers and crew…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.--Miss Matie McLellan, a member of the Graham Moffat Dramatic Company, was robbed during the night of £88 in notes on board the steamer Wodonga…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--The steamer Colorado was not abandoned and has arrived at Charleston badly damaged. No lives were lost…
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The British cruiser Argyll has gone aground on the coast of Scotland. All hands were saved, but it is feared that the vessel will be a total wreck…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--Washington officials have informally indicated their displeasure at the seizure of the steamer Hocking. It is believed a protest will be submitted…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--The cruiser Argyll, which was wrecked on the Scottish coast on Thursday, went ashore in terrible weather on a pitch dark night. She began to break…
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LONDON, Wednesday.--The German steamer Gedania has been lost in the Baltic. The wreckage indicated that the vessel was blown up by a submarine…
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PARIS, Friday.--The loss of a Zeppelin in October is confirmed. It exploded and fell on the Namur-Arlon railway and was totally destroyed. Part of the crew were saved…
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SYDNEY, Monday.--The steamer Narani with the scow Zingara in tow is overdue at Melbourne. The vessels commenced a trip from a North Coast port on October…
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The steamer Nord, laden with benzine, struck Cape Pillar, Tasmania, and foundered. All hands were saved…
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NEW YORK, Wednesday.--Reuter's Rom[?] correspondent states that an Austrian su[?]marine sunk the liner Ancona, carrying 4[?] passengers and 60 of a crew. 270 surviv[?]…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.--The oil steamer Nord, struck the rocks at Cape Pillar, Tasmania. She was refloated, but began to [?]ake water rapidly. Subsequently she…
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ROME, Thursday. -- A submarine sank a steamer bound to Fiance from Salonica. A tug rescued the crew of 75…
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LONDON, Wednesday.-- The Italian steamer Lievietta caught fire at sea. The crew, believing she was doomed, abandoned her…
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