Sweden and Germany. a Torpedoed Steamer. Germany Promises Reparation. Copenhagen
Germany has promised full and immediate satisfaction for the torpedoing of the Swedish steamer Commerce Vera…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916
180 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 9
In the North Sea. Zep. Bombs Swedish Steamer. Chased by British Destroyers. London. Tuesday Night
A Zeppelin bombarded the Swedish steamer Norland, travelling from Middlesborough (Eng.) The bombs fell close to the ship, doing little damage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Turks at Orsova. Arrive by Austrian Steamer. London
The Times correspondent at, Bucharest says that two Turkish battalions arrived at Orsova, on the River Danube, in Hungary, aboard an Austrian steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Held Up. German Cargo Seized by British. Hong Kong
The British steamer Karue, bound for Manila, from New York, has been held at Hong Kong for the last ten days, where the British authorities ordered her to discharge her…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Steamer Service
Recently, in a leading article, concerning the North Coast S.N. Co. and its critics, we pointed out that, in times of emergency, when the maize…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Steamer Sunk. Twenty-four Lives Lost. London
The steamer Duke of Albany was submarined in the North Sea on 24th August. Twenty-four were drowned and 88 saved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Super-submarines. Preparing for the Bremen. German Steamer Changes Ports. New York
The Nordeutscher Lloyd steamer Willehad, which has been refuging in Boston since the beginning of the war, slipped out early to-day, presumably…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bill Sonter's Boat Wrecked
On Tuesday of last week, Mr. W. Sonter, of Repton, had the misfortune to lose his motor boat "Twilight," and almost his own life. Mr. Sonter went…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japanese Ship Ashore. Sydney
The Japanese steamer Nikko Mara was driven ashore near Townsville on Sunday night during tempestuous weather and was later refloated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Arctic Exploration. Expedition Steamer Wrecked No Lives Lost. New York
The power schooner "Great Bear," carrying the Borden-Lane Arctic expedition, was wrecked in the Behring Sea on August 10th. The vessel is a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer on Fire. Sydney
A fire broke out this afternoon in the forehold of the steamer Tambo, berthed at the Federal wharf. About 500 tons of copra were seized by the flames…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A.U.S.N. Steamer Aground. Sydney
The steamer Arawatta which went aground at Flat Top Island, Queensland, is now high and dry on a sandbank…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Zeppelin Wrecked. London
A "Daily Express" message from the Hague states that a gale completely wrecked a Zeppelin at Terdonek, in Belgium, on Monday. It fell 2000ft…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.z. Steamer Tongariro. Wrecked Off Mahia. Her Position Hopeless Large Amount of Bullion
WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Thursday. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Tongariro, bound from Auckland to Wellington, struck a rock off Mahia, near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wreckage Found. Crowd Sing Songs. Centre of London Invulnerable. London, Sunday Night
The wreckage of the engines and half-buried bodies of the crew of the destroyed Zeppelin have been found in England. A large quantity of wood…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tongariro Wreck. Position Hopeless. Sydney
The position of the wrecked steamer Tongariro on the New Zealand coast, Is now considered hopeless. The cargo above water level may be saved,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand. Oldest Steamer Founders. Three Men Drowned. Auckland
While leaving Wanganui Harbor at midnight Saturday, the Stormbird, credited with being the oldest iron steamer in active service, foundered with the loss of three lives…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Special Cable Services. Zeppelins. Another Raid on England. One Zeppelin Brought Down. A Mass of Burning Wreckage. LONDON
Shortly before eleven o'clock last night several airships attacked the Eastern Coast and dropped bombs at a few places. It is unofficially stated that we brought…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreckers. After Forty Years. Salvage at Long Reef
Coming down the coast from Newcastle one night in 1875, with a cargo of coal for Sydney, a small steamer, the Sussannah Cuthbert, one of the early day traders to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Steamer Sunk
London, Friday.—The British steamer Torridge has been sunk. Nineteen of the crew were saved…
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