British Steamer Sunk. London
The British steamer Torridge has been sunk. Nineteen of the crew were saved…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916
180 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 7 of 9
Hospitals for Boots. Salving Battlefield Wreckage. Marvellous Economy
(This article, from the London "Daily Mail," has been forwarded to us by Lieut. W. R. Haigh, South Grafton's Town Clerk, who, when last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Greek Steamer Sunk. London
A submarine torpedoed a Greek steamer near the Ionian Islands. A British warship rescued the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mercantile Marine. Steamer Launched at Belfast. London
The Shire liner Brecknockshire, 12,000 tons, for the South American chilled meat trade, was launched at the Belfast yards. This is the first merchantman launched since the war…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Canadian Disaster. New Bridge Wrecked. Many Lives Lost
The new St. Lawrence bridge, which is being erected on the site of that which collapsed in 1907, was partially wrecked (says a Quebec…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sailing Ship Ashore. Sydney
The barque Antiope, bound from Hobart to Dunedin, with a cargo of timber and scrap iron was stranded at Bluff Harbour, and will probably become a total wreck. The crew…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Aground. Sydney
The coasting steamer Tuncurry went aground at Forster. this morning. She is expected to float off next tide…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General War News. British Steamer Sunk. the Crew Saved. London, Friday Night
The Harrison liner Counsellor, 4958 tons, has been sunk. The crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreckage Goes Home Secretly. London
Reuter's correspondent reports that the Amsterdam "Telegraph" learns that on "Thursday 13 long trains left the German frontier with dead and wounded soldiers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire on a Schooner. Sydney
A fire broke out on the schooner Hawk, lying in the Harbor, on Saturday night. The [?]ames were soon extinguished. The deck and bulwarks were badly damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Ashore. Sydney
The coastal steamer Tuncurry has gone ashore on the spit at Cape Hawke…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of Ton[?] Wellington (N.z.)
The New Zealand Court of Inquiry found that the wreck of the Tonga[?] was due to default on the part of the master and chief officer. The former's certificate was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The North Sea. Great Eastern Steamer Captured. London
A Berlin telegram says the German naval forces in the North Sea on the night of September 21 brought in to Zeebrugge the Great Eastern steamer Colchester…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Germany and Holland. Dutch Steamer Seized. the Hague
Official: The Dutch Government has agreed to the reference of the Tubantia torpedoing case to an International Committee after the war. The "Nieue Courant"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Federal Steamer Overdue. Anxiety in Melbourne. Melbourne
The Federal steamer Strathendrick is overdue at Melbourne from Adelaide and uneasiness is expressed at the delay as heavy weather has prevailed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Wires Explosion on a Steamer. Sex Men Killed. Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon
An explosion occurred on board the Union S.S. Company's cargo steamer Wairuna in Darling Harbor this morning. Six men were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Refloated. Sydney
The steamer Whangape, which went ashore at Ba Reef, Fiji, is believed to have been refloated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bremen. May Have Been Wrecked. London
Reuter's Portland correspondent (Maine, U.S.A.) says: A lifebelt marked "Bremen" with the name of the maker at Wilhelmshaven, has been found ashore at Cape…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Salved. Sydney
The steamer Whangape, which went ashore at Fiji has been refloated, apparently undamaged. NEW TAXATION…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Harbor Collision. Manly Steamer and Tug. Sydney
A collision took place in the harbor this afternoon between the tug Stormcock and the Manly steamer Bellubra. It ds understood the tug suffered, injury to her stern,…
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