Steamer's Cargo on Fire
The steamer Janus, of the British India line, en route from Calcutta to the eastern States, arrived at Albany early on Friday morning with a serious…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914
292 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 10 of 15
Challenged in Night. British Steamer Guarded
"What is your name?" came the sudden wireless challenge through the night to a British merchant ship, which reached Fremantle last Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attempt to Wreck a Bridge
Three boys, when crossing the railway bridge at Kyneton '(Vic.), on Saturday, found 500 detonators placed, beneath the bridge. These contained…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Sunk by Mine. London
The Swedish steamer St. Paul struck a mine in the North Sea and foundered. The crew landed at North Shields…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Australia. Another German Steamer Arrested. Sydney, Thursday Afternoon
Another Nordeutscher-Lloyd steamer, according to a Melbourne telegram, entered Port Phillip Heads this morning and was placed under arrest, with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Socialist Hall Wrecked. Exciting Demonstration in Sulphide Street. Bottles, Stones, and Furniture Fragments Fly Freely. Three Men Injured. Crowd Waits Six Hours for Anti-britons
There was a violent anti-socialist demonstration in Sulphide-street last night, as a result of which three men were injured, and considerable damage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer's Cargo on Fire. the Experience of the Janus. Perth
The steamer Janus, which put into Albany with her cargo on fire, and had to be flooded to extinguish the flames, was brought alongside the town jetty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the South Seas. British Steamer Narrowly Escapes Capture. German Cruisers in the Islands. Sydney
The steamer Messina, which arrived in Sydney yesterday from Nauru, a German possession in the Pacific, narrowly escaped capture by an armed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Steamer Wildenfels. to Proceed to Sydney and Newcastle. Melbourne
Pending a decision on the question of insurance, Mr. Justice Hood yesterday, agreed to the German steamer Wildenfels proceeding from Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The High Commissioner's Cable. Enemy Driven Back. Prisoners and Guns Captured. Five Thousand Tons of Coal Also. British Tramp Steamer Sunk. Melbourne
The following cable was received from Sir George Reid (High Commissioner for Australia), dated September 10, 3.25 P.M.:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Steamer Launched. London
The Melbourne S.S. Company's steamer Woolgar was launched at Newcastle to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The High Commissioner's Cable. Enemy Driven Back. Prisoners and Guns Captured. Five Thousand Tons of Coal Also. British Tramp Steamer Sunk. Melbourne
The following cable was received from Sir Georgee Reid (High Commissioner for Australia), dated September 10, 3.25 p.m.:—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →German Destroyer at Work. Sinks a Mail Steamer. Stockholm
A German destroyer sank the Finnish mail steamer. Ulcaborg, and landed her passengers at Danzig, except 35 Englishmen and Russians, who…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Shipping Disaster. Steamer Founders in Gale. (Reuter's Message.) New York
The steamer Beaver has arrived as Astoria, in Oregon, with only two survivors of the steamer Francis Leggett, which foundered in a gale on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In the Islands. Germans Capture a Japanese Steamer. Sydney
Of five vessels of the Burns, Philp, and Co.'s line in the islands when the war broke out only one, the Induna, has been captured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. the War. an Australian Steamer Rammed and Sunk. Officers and Crew Prisoners. German Warship in the Pacific. a German Coal Depot. Sydney, Thursday Afternoon
News has just reached Sydney that the Australian steamer, Induna, belonging to Burns, Philp, and Co., was rammed and sunk by a German warship…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →War's Alarms. Steamer Levuka's Run to Sydney
Before leaving Suva passengers by the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Levuka, which reached Sydney on Tuesday, had some experience of war's…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Another British Steamer Sunk. Rio de Janeiro
The German cruiser Kron Prinz Wilhelm, sank the British steamer India Prince at sea. The crew have since been landed at Santos…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Wars. Russians Defeat Germans. British Aid Japanese. Another British Steamer Sunk. Italy Enthusiastic. Socialistic Troubles in Germany
News from the front in France points to the fact that the Allies are steadily driving the Germans back towards the Belgian frontier. In the centre of the 150 miles battlefield the Germans are strongly entrenched, and little change has taken place there. On the right wing of the Allies, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Mine Disaster. Austrian Steamer and Austrian Mine. Rome
A message from Trieste, says that the Austrian steamer, Baron Gautsh has also been mined and sunk in the Adriatic…
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