Another Steamer Sunk. All Passengers Drowned. London
The steamer Cork was torpedoed, without warning, at 2 o'clock in the morning in the Irish Sea. Seven passengers and five of the crew were…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918
245 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 13
Tug and Steamer Aground. at Nambucca Heads. Sydney
According to the report received by the Department of Navigation from the pilot at Nambucca Heads some difficulty was experienced in towing the steamer Our…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sunken Irish Steamer. Meat Cargo Lost. All Over in Four Minutes London, Tuesday Night
The steamer City of Cork, torpedoed in the Irish Sea, had forty-two passengers and crew on board and carried four hundred cattle and a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Missing Steamer. Sydney
Anxiety is felt concerning the steamer Orete, which left Townsville on January 10. A New York report states that at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Handgrips with a Hurricane. Steamer Burwah's Experience. Fine Seamanship Wins Through
The steamer Burwah, of the Australian Steamships Limited, berthed in Brisbane at 9.3 on Saturday night, after a most eventful run from Townsville. When…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Maryborough District Records. Gayndah Isolated. Optimism Regarding Schooner. Maryborough
Advices were received from Gayndah this morning stating the town had been isolated owing to heavy flood rains, with submerged railway lines and bridges…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Jumps Off Steamer. a Plucky Act. Sydney
A police report states that a soldier named William Martin jumped off a ferry steamer in the harbor yesterday afternoon. Sergeant Richard Morgan, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Admiralty Steamer Sunk. London
The Admiralty armed boarding steamer Louvain was torpedoed and sunk in the Eastern Mediterranean on January 21st. Seven officers and 217 men were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland Floods. Situation Improving. Schooner Orete Reaches Port. Latest Details. Brisbane
The flood situation at Mackay, Queens-land, is improving. The flood waters in the north are slowly receding. It is reported that the schooner Orete…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Marjorie Missing. Grave Anxiety Felt. Sydney
The steamer Marjorie, which left Adelaide on January 26 with the Glaucus far Newcastle, has not since been heard of. The Glaucus arrived at Newcastle on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mishap to Steamer. Shaft Falls From Derrick. Sydney
While a spare engine shaft, weighing two tons, was being discharged from the steamer Loongana at Melbourne to-day, the hooks of the derrick broke, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Floods. Damage at Rockhampton. the Fitzroy River Rece[?]ing. an Overdue Schooner. Brisbane
The Marine Board on Saturday advised that a telegram had been received from Mackay announcing the arrival of the overdue schooner Orete. The Department…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Marjorie Safe. Newcastle
The overdue steamer Marjorie reached Newcastle safely last night. The delay was flue to the encountering of boisterous weather…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Queensland Floods. Waters Receding. Fate of Schooner Orete. Shrouded in Mystery. Brisbane
The Divisional Traffic Manager at Rockhampton sent a telegram to the Commissioner for Railways stating that families should be advised not to travel at present,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Torpedoed. London
The steamer Almanace was torpedoed in the war zone. Six of the crew are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Grain Steamer Torpedoed. Amsterdan
A Swedish-owned vessel from Baltimore to Rotterdam, carrying Belgian relief grain, has been, torpedoed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Officers Eulogistic. Daring British Seamanship. Bodies Washed Ashore. London
An Associated Press correspondent at an Irish port states the American officers are eulogistic of the during seamanship of the British destroyers. Many soldiers jumped…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner Wrecked at Samoa. Sydney
According to advices received from San Francisco, a schooner has been wracked on the outer reef at Apia, Samoa. The vessel was being towed when the hawser…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Quarrel on a Steamer. Sydney
During a quarrel amongst three men aboard a steamer lying in Newcastle Harbor, two received wounds which necessitated their removal to the hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →U-boat Menace. Spanish Steamer Sunk. Madrid
The Barcelona steamer Ceferino, 3600 tons, was torpedoed five hundred miles off Cape Orchilla. The submarine towed four boats with 37 survivors to Sierre…
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