The Very Latest. the Hampshire Disaster. Twelve Survivors Washed Ashore. London
It is officially stated that twelve survivors from the Hampshire have been washed ashore on a raft. Further details are anxiously awaited…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916
180 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 4 of 9
A Defective Engine. Steamer Returns to Port. Sydney
The steamer Levuka bound for Fiji returned to port last night, the port engine showing a defect. Repairs are now under way…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gigantic Warship Wrecked. Identity Not Known. London
The Copenhagen steamer Vanda reports passing the wreck of a gigantic warship in the North Sea. It could not determine its nationality, but the captain said he steamed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kitchener. Admiralty Report. Raft From the Hampshire Washed Ashore. Twelve Saved. More Survivors Expected. London
It is officially stated that a raft containing 12 survivors from the Hampshire was washed ashore. Further details are anxiously awaited…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The North Sea Battle. "Daily Mail" Steamer Chased. Germans Helpless in South Baltic. Copenhagen
A mercantile skipper and frequent visitor to German harbours for years states that the sunken Pommern was a battle-cruiser just completed before the battle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Baltic. British Steamer's Escape. Protected by Swedish Warship From Hun Trawlers. London. Sunday Night
The British steamer Dunrobin, which had been lying in a Swedish port Since the outbreak of the war, passed through the Sound (entrance to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bomb in Vessel. Grain Steamer's Escape. London
A bomb was discovered in the bilge of a grain steamer which arrived in England from America. It is believed to have been placed there by one of the men working in the hold…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cholera on a Steamer. Sydney
A serious outbreak of cholera is reported on board a steamer which arrived at Colombo from Haiphong and Singapore. Fourteen deaths occurred on the voyage. There were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Steamers Wrecked. Sydney
News has been received from Noumea of the wreck of the barque Mannanui. The captain and crew were saved. News was received yesterday of the loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trading Vessel Wrecked. Sydney
A small Japanese trading vessel was wrecked on the Oneata Reef, Fiji. The crew of five were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Steamer Wrecked. Thirty Lives Lost. London
The American steamer Bear, 4507 tons, struck a reef on the Californian coast at midnight. The passengers took to the boats but were unable to land on the rocky shore…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreckage Sighted. Sydney
The steamer Makambo passed a mast with a sail attached ten miles north-east of South Head lighthouse yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Steamer Sunk. London
A Copenhagen message announces that a British submarines sank the German steamer Ens in the Cattegat. The crew were landed. A Swedish patrol boat warned another…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Submarine Warfare. Nowegian Steamer Torpedoed. Copenhagen
An Austrian submarine ineffectually chased the Norwegian steamer Rournz for eleven hours in the Mediterranean. A German submarine suddenly appeared and torpedoed the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russian Steamer Mined. Most of Passengers Saved. Petrograd, Friday Evening
The Russian Steam Navigation and Trading Company's steamer Mercury, 4046 tons, has been mined near Odessa, in the Black Sea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attempts to Capture Steamer. Hunting Harwich Boats. London
The steamer Brussels has been captured by German destroyers. Nine previous attempts were made to capture the Great Eastern Railway Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Steamer for the Tweed
Messrs. Langley Bros., in order to cope with the trade, have purchased a new steamer, the Boambee, for the Tweed River Sydney service. The Boambee is of 200 tons…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Topics of the Day. Government Steamer Service
One of the principal things Mr. Hughes went to England to arrange was the transport of our latest and greatest wheat harvest. And now comes word that he has bought a fleet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamer Disabled. Sydney
The second officer of the steamer Wa[?] arrived at Shark Bay, West Australia, and reports that the vessel's tail shaft carried way and she is drifting north about 80 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of the New England
The death of one of the heroes who did signal service at the wreck of the New England at the Clarence Heads recalls vividly some reminiscences of the disaster. The…
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