Steamer Bellinger Ashore. Sydney
The steamer Bellinger went ashore at the entrance of the Maclefty River, while leaving with a cargo of timber…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918
245 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 13
British Steamer Sunk. London, Thursday Night
A German submarine torpedoed and sank a British armed boarding steamer. Eight officers and fifty men are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Steampipe Bursts. Women and Children Killed. New York
The explosion of a steampipe aboard the steamer Julia Stafford, of Brooklyn, with 200 women and children and munition workers aboard, resulted in fatal in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Britisher's Good Shooting. Schooner Beats Three Pirates. London
A British schooner has had a remarkable four and a half hours fight with a German submarine flotilla. The first submarine attacked it at nine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Robbery. on the Steamer Kyogle. Man Committed for Trial. Sydney
Albert Edward Pond (43) was committed for trial at the Central Police Court to-day on a charge of having stolen £160 the property of Theo. Tombarkis…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local and General. New Coastal Steamer
Our Sydney correspondent telegraphed yesterday that the new coastal steamer Cobaki has completed her trials and will be placed on the North Coact cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Torpedoed. the Steamer Tasman. Captain and Officers Missing. Sydney
It is stated that the steamer Tasman, which, until taken over recently by the Federal Government, was running under the Dutch flag, was torpedoed in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Tasman Torpedoed in European Waters. Sydney
The Navigation Department reports that the steamer Tasman, belonging to the Royal Dutch Packet Coy., and requisitioned by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Steamer for Coastal Trade. Trial Trip of the Gobaki
Another addition to the coastal trade, Messrs. Langley Bros, steamer Cobaki, ran her trial trip on the harbor on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wrecked Bellinger
Salvage operations on the cargo and fittings of the Bellinger, which was wrecked on the beach at South-west Rocks on Sunday, September 15 have…
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The steamer Hiran Maru was torpedoed and sunk. Three hundred lives were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hun Pirates Four Big Ships Sunk. Over 1600 Lives Lost. Murder on the High Seas. London, Friday Night. Irish Mail Steamer Sunk
There was terrible loss of life when "the Irish mail steamer Leinster (2646 tons) was sunk off the Irish coast. She was on her way from Dublin to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Steamer Collisloned. Sydney, Saturday afternoon
A steamer collisioned with the British steamer Kashrnir in the North Channel. and it is feared that 900 men perished. Three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Influenza. Outbreak on Steamer. 118 Persons Affected. One Fatal Case. Sydney
A message from Auckland states that owing to an outbreak of influenza on board the Canadian mail steamer the vessel, has been detained for fumigation…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer at Port Darwin. Fifty Cases on Board. Melbourne
The Federal quarantine officials announced that the steamer Mataram arrived at Port Darwin with fifty cases of influenza on board, eight of them being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Utter Wreckage of Militarism. Lord Milner's Opinion. London
Lord Milner, interviewed by the "Evening Standard," said he believed that the German people were equally as anxious as the Allies to see the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Outbreak on Singapore Steamer. Sydney
The steamer Charon, from Singapore, is reported at Broome with an epidemic of influenza on board. Some of the eases are severe but no further…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer From Singapore. Virulent Cases Aboard. Sydney
Telegrams from Broome (W.A.) report that when the steamer Charon arrived from Singapore with the yellow flag flying a constable and Customs officer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tragedy of the Sea. a Steamer Founders. 325 Lives Lost. Attempts at Rescue Futile. Vancouver
The steamer Princess Sofia foundered 50 miles south of Skagway, on the Alaskan coast, when 325 persons were drowned. The vessel left Skagway on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Canadian Wreck. 343 Lives Lost. Vancouver
The Canadian-Pacific Railway officials announce that they are advised that the steamer Princess Sophia struck a reef in the Lynn Canal and…
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