New Zealand. Explosion and Fire on Steamer Auckland
An explosion and fire on board the steamer Te Anau at Napier, New Zealand, injured three seamen…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917
206 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 11
Huns Taste Own Medicine. German Steamer Mined. Copenhagen, Sunday Night
Reports from Gadser state that a German steamer was mined and sunk. The crew were saved by a German guardship…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Refloated. the Steamer Tuncurry. Sydney
The steamer Tuncurry, which went aground recently off Cape Hawke, has been refloated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Brazil. German Note Re Steamer Seizures. London
Reuter's Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), correspondent says the Dutch Minister, on behalf of Germany, has presented a Note to Brazil, reserving the right to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of Labor Movement. Mr. Holman's Accurate Analysis. Extremists' Fatal Error. London
The "Morning Post" has interviewed Mr. W. A. Holman (N.S.W. Premier), who said: -- "The Labor movement in Australia…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Steamer Mined. the Crew Saved. Amsterdam, Saturday Night
The German steamer Turin has been mined and foundered off Vlierand. The crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →French Steamer Sunk. One Hundred and Ninety Missing. London
Reuter's Paris correspondent, Saturday: The French steamer Sequana was torpedoed in the Atlantic. Six hundred and fifty people were aboard, whereof…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sunk at Sea. Lugger Run Down by Steamer. Brisbane
The lugger Somerset, owned at Thursday Island, was run down and sunk by a steamer near Bowen (Q.). The crew were rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Prague. German Quarters Wrecked. London
Paris telegrams state that the revolutionary movement in Bohemia is centred in Prague, and has become incendiary. Czech workmen issued a manifesto…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ketch Lost. Melbourne
The ketch H.J.S. was lost in Bass Strait at midnight on Saturday during rough westerly gale. All hands were saved and most of the cargo, stores and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Submarine Menace. Hun Ruthlessness. Norwegian Steamer Sunk. London, Friday Night
The Germans continue to display their vindictiveness against Norway. Another Norwegian steamer, the Cederick. of 1128 tons, built in 1901,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →False Rumor. the Nikko Maru Not Wrecked. Melbourne
The secretary of the Postal Department received a reply to a cable message to Japan, referring to the rumor, that the steamer Nikko Maru carrying…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Recent Storms. Big Steamer Suffers Severely. Sydney
A big steamer, which left Sydney last Wednesday, returned to port in a leaky condition, the result of encountering a cyclonic disturbance. There…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shipwrecked. Brigadier-general Macanderson. London
Brigadier-General MacAnderson and his wife, who were shipwrecked en route to Australia, have arrived at Bombay. They lost everything…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dynamite on British Steamer. London
A Stockholm telegram states that dynamite was discovered on a British steamer loading there. German agents are suspected…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sinkings. the French Steamer Himalaya. London
The French steamer, Himalaya, sank in the Mediterranean after an explosion. Twenty-eight people were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lives Lost. Passenger Steamer Rammed. New York
Eleven people' Were killed and 10 drowned when the crowded passenger steamer Christopher Columbus was rammed at the wharf at Milwaukee…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rough Weather. Schooner in Trouble. Sydney
While the schooner Cavan was being towed out of the harbour yesterday she was struck by a heavy squall. The strain carried the tow rope away, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murray Fatality. Captain and Mate of River Steamer Blamed. Wentworth
The Coroner at Wentworth returned a verdict of manslaughter against Geo. Munby, skipper, and Joe Eastward, mate, of the steamer Alfred, which sank in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Ketch Wrecked. a Terrible Experience. Sydney
A passenger from the ketch H.P.L., recently wrecked in Bass Strait, gives a thrilling story of his terrible experience. The vessel was thrown violently on to…
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