British Steamer Sunk. the Crew Saved. London, Tuesday Night
The British steamer Dictator, 4116 tons, has been sunk by a submarine. The crew were saved…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915
234 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 12
Russian Steamer Torpedoed
LONDON, Wednesday. -- The Russian steamer Rhea was torpedoed without warning by a German submarine. Two women on hoard were landed at Liverpool…
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SYDNEY, Thursday. -- A train from Picton to Sydney, while travelling between 25 and 30 miles an hour, dashed into a waggonette at Warwick Crossing this morning…
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Another British steamer, the Mora, 3047 tons, owned by the English and American Shipping Company, has been the victim of a German submarine…
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LONDON, Monday.-- A British steamer, flying the Belgian Relief Committee's flag, was observed to be in a sinking condition by the captain of a Dutch steamer. Trawlers…
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LONDON, Monday.-- The steamer Santa Anna is reported afire in the Mid -Atlantic with 1600 Italian reservists aboard. LATER. --It is reported that 574…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.--The steamer Rupara arrived in Sydney from Brisbane with her Linkers on fire. The outbreak was ex[?]nguished at the wharf. Captain Rees,…
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HALIFAX, Monday. -- A vessel believed to be either the Donaldson liner Athenia or the former German steamer Athenae is on fire at sea. A wireless states that the Anchor…
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LONDON, Monday.--The Greek steamer Athenia, which was reported on fire in mid-ocean has been abandoned. The passengers and crew were rescued. It is unknown…
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The British steamer Horden, 1413 tons, has been sunk. The crew were saved…
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LONDON, Wednesday.-- A Swedish steamer, loaded with coal and oil was captured by a German submarine, it is believed with the connivance of the owners…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.-- The cargo steamer Yeddo is disabled 200 miles from Albany, her tail shaft being broken. Another steamer has been despatched to her…
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LONDON, Wednesday.-- The Dutch steamer Koningin Emma fell a victim to a German mine and sank almost immediately. All the passengers and crew were saved…
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LONDON, Wednesday.-- Four hundred and nine survivors of the Greek steamer, burnt in mid -ocean, have arrived at New York. The crew fought the fire for 36 hours. All…
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One of the bea viest fogs experienced on the Sydney harbour occurred on Sunday morning. it came down in a thick bank a boat 6 o' clock, and…
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The disabled steamer Yeddo has arrived at the Semaphore Roadstead (Port Adelaide), in tow of the steamer Century…
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SYDNEY, Friday.--Owing to a tin of naphtha exploding, a fire broke out on the island steamer Makembo, lying at the Central Wharf, this morning. Only slight damage…
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Two fishermen, Chas. Johnson and Joseph Fino, had a sensational experience this morning. They left Collaroy Beach early this morning and…
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An Austrian submarine sank the French steamer Provincia, 3523 tons, off Cerigo, in the .Greek Island of Kythera. The crew were landed…
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SYDNEY, Monday.--A fire was discovered in one of the holds of the steamer Wodonga, after leaving Brisbane for Cairns. The vessel put back to port, when her hold was…
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