The Halifax Disaster. Terrible Tidal Wave. Appalling Fatalities. Wreckage of Shipping. Vancouver, Tuesday Night
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 12 December 1917 · page 3
A message from Halifax says: Nine ships were wrecked or forced aground as the result of the tidal wave caused by the Mont Blanc .explosion. A wall…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Vessel Wrecked. 21 Men Missing. London
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 14 December 1917 · page 2
The steamer Frankb[?] has been wrecked and is a total loss on Formiga's Rock. Twenty one of the crew were saved, but 21 are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Norwegian Steamer Torpedoed. Copenhagen
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 3
The Norwegian steamer Maidag has been torpedoed. Three of the crew were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Explosive Factory Wrecked. North London Disaster. London, Thursday Night
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 3
It is officially announced that an explosion wrecked the buildings at an explosive works in North London. No lives were lost…
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Daily Examiner · Saturday 22 December 1917 · page 9
An official message states:--An, explosion wrecked the buildings of an explosive works northward of London, but without fatality…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Armed Steamer Torpedoed. London
Daily Examiner · Monday 24 December 1917 · page 5
The Admiralty report:--The British armed boarding steamer Stephen Furness was torpedoed and sunk in the Irish Channel. Six officers and 93 men were…
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