German Steamer's Ruse
Captain J. Minnsen, in command of the Norddeutscher Lloyd liner Pommern, has arrived at the Hawaiian Islands, after an exciting experience in…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914
292 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 11 of 15
Enemy in Pacific. Cruisers Experience Coaling Difficulties. Oil Steamer Held Up
American papers give interesting news concerning the German cruisers Leipzig and Nurnberg, whose movements, together with those of other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Sunk. Mine Disaster. London
The British steel-screw steamer Selby, 2137 tons, has been sunk in the North Sea as the result of striking a mine. The crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gale in the North Sea. Bodies Washed Ashore. London
It is believed at Copenhagen that disaster has overtaken a German warship, or warships, during a storm which is now raging in the North Sea…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sunk by Mine. British Steamer Lost. Ostend
The British steamer Dawdon, of Hull, bound for Antwerp, has been sunk by a mine. Eight of her crew were brought to Ostend, and nine are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Leipsig Again. Sinks British Steamer. Valuable Cargo. London
News has come to hand that the steamer Baukfielder has been sunk by the German cruiser Leipsig in the Pacific. The Bankfielder had sugar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Baltic. What the Germans Have Done. Sunk One Steamer Only. Petrograd
Official: Despite all their efforts in the Baltic, the Germans have only succeeded in sinking the steamship Uleaborg…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →American Ambassador. Residence at Rheims Wrecked. Appeal Ignored. Paris
A report from Rheims states that Mr. William Bardel, the American Consul, had a miraculous escape from death during the recent German…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dutch Steamer Mined. Amsterdam
A mine sank the Dutch steamer Nieuweland in the North Sea. The crew 'was saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bodies Washed Ashore. Believed From British Gruisers. Amsterdam
Twenty eight bodies have been picked up on the Dutch coast, and it is beIieved that they belong to the sunken British cruisers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Mine Victim. English Steamer Sunk. Ostend
The English steamer Ardtloydt, from Dover to Zeeburnge, struck a mine and sank. The crew was saved…
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The steamer Ardmount struck three British mines in the North Sea, but only sank after striking the third…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cook and Crew. Steamer Delayed by Dispute. an Exodus From the Canberra
The steamer Canberra was to have sailed for Sydney at 4 o'clock on Wednesday afternoon, but trouble arose between the deckhands and the stokehold…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →German Cargo Steamer at Batavia. Cargo to Be Sold. Melbourne
The Victorian Collector of Customs has received the following cable from the British Consul-General at Batavia: —The German steamer "Rheinland is…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Explosion in Lisbon. Many Killed and Injured. Gas Company's Works Wrecked. (Reuter's Message.) Lisbon
An explosion occurred to-day in the Gas and Elctricity Company's premises in the city. Numbers of the staff were cut off from the exits, and several were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wrecked in the Islands. Fate of a Timber Ship. Crew Have Rough Experiences. Wellington (N.Z.)
Advices received from Suva yesterday stated that the steamer schooner S. T. Alexander, bound from San Francisco to Pago Pago, has been wrecked at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Steamer Induna. Sydney
The Burns, Philp steamer Induna, which was seized by the Germans and interned at Jaluit and subsequently released by the Japanese, returned to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blocking the Scheldt. a Nord Deutscher Lloyd Steamer Sunk. Also Others. The Tague
The Dutch and German newspapers state that the British sank the Nord Deutscher Lloyd's steamer Gneisenau, and other vessels in such positions in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The High Commissioner's Cable. Operations in the Islands. Warship Sinks One Steamer Captures Another. Co-operators of the Emden. Melbourne, Friday Afternoon
Cabling from London yesterday, 4.40 p.m., the High Commissioner (Sir George Reid) states: "It is officially stated that a British warship has sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Sinking of the Hawke. a Survivor's Story. Foundered in a Second or Two. London
The survivors of the Hawke state that a torpedo must have struck the magazine, because the fittings were sent flying and the explosion crumpled…
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