A Steamer Seized. Laden with Copper for Germany. Copenhagen
The steamer Carmen, supposed to contain a cargo of sugar but really heavily laden with copper for Germany, has been seised and the captain of the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915
356 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 18
Seizure of the Carmen. Cargo Valued at £80,000. Steamer to Be Sunk. Copenhagen
The steamer Carmen's copper cargo was valued at £80,000. It is intended to tranship the cargo at sea and the vessel will then be sunk…
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The German submarine 16 on Tuesday blew up and sank the French steamer Ville de Lille in the English Channel, between Cherbourg and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →3rd Edition. Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. the War. the Latest. (Reuter's Messages.) Germany's Threat. Off the Dutch Coast. Steamer Escapes From Three Submarines. Amsterdam
Three submarines chased the steamer Kirkham Abbey from Rotterdam to Hull for 90 minutes off the Dutch coast. The steamer went at full speed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Port Pirie Boy Wrecked. Adrift in Atlantic for 15 Days
Mr. Lionel Medland, a son of the late Captain Medland, of Port Pirie, writes to his mother a thrilling account of an experience he had on the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. the War. (Reuter's Messages.) Germany's Threat. Off the Dutch Coast. Steamer Escapes From Three Submarines. Amsterdam
Three submarines chased the steamer Kirkham Abbey from Rotterdam to Hull for 90 minutes off the Dutch coast. The steamer went at full speed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Through the Suez Canal. Mail Steamer's Precautions
A telegram from Fremantle in the "Register states:— Although they did not see any of the fighting, the passengers by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Second Edition News. Second Ediiton news will be found on page 6 of this edition. 3rd Edition. Miner Office, 6.30 p.m. the War. the Latest. (Reuter's Messages.) Germany's Shipping Threat. Norwegian Steamer Torpedoed. Puts Into English Port. London
A submarine last night torpedoed and damaged the Norwegian tank steamer Belridge, from New Orleans to Amsterdam, in the English Channel…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Perilous Voyage. Steamer's Trip Through North Sea
There is nothing perhaps that a shipmaster fears more than a lee shore in a gale of wind, and when in addition to this grim danger he is called…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →French Steamer Torpedoed. Manages to Reach Harbor. Paris
A German submarine, without any warning, torpedoed the French steamer Dinorah, bound from Havre to Dunkirk. The Dinorah managed, however,…
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The Admiralty announces that pieces of a torpedo have been found in the hull of the steamer Belridge. [A submarine on Thursday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Special Sunday Issue. Latest War News. Bombarding the Dardanelles. Allies' Battleship Squadron Engaged. Russians in the Carpathians. Sanguinary Fighting. Successful Attacks on the Heights. Prisonerc, Guns, and Fortifications Captured. German Instructors Stabbed by Turks. Germany and Merchant Shipping. French Steamer Torpedoed Without Warning. The Use of Neutral Flags. Another Note by Sir Edgard Grey. Bulletin by Sir John French. Enemy Active, Severe Fighting. British Attack on Trenches Advance Under Terrible Fire. Japan's Capture of Tsing-tao. Over £1,200,000 Worth of Property Confiscated. Germans' Alleged 100 New Submarines Said to be a "Bluff." Germany and Merchant Shipping. Another Note by Sir Edward Grey. "Germany Cannot Have It Both Ways." "Britain's Justification for Its Actions. the Use of Neutral Flags. London
Sir Edward Grey (Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs), in his latest Note, states:— "The British first became aware of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Detained Steamer Released. London
It is announced that the Imperial Government will release the steamer Birkenfels, which was detained when bound from New York to Apolda, in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coal Steamer Sunk Off the Isle of Man. London
A German submarine torpedoed and sank a small coat-laden steamer, the Bownshire, off the Isle of Man, on Saturday evening. She was given five…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Germany and Merchant Shipping. Copper-laden Steamer Torpedoed. Vessel Hit Amidships. London
The steamer Ermbank, copper-laden, from Huelvas (Spain) for Liverpool, took up a pilot in the Channel. On gathering speed the captain saw the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wars. Bombardment of the Dardanelles. Suggested Massacre in Palestine. German Attacks Near Ypres. Enemy Calling Up Middle-aged Men. Heavy Losses on the Russian Front. Germany and Merchant Shipping. Copper-laden Steamer Torpedoed. What Cleary of the Irish Guards Did. (Reuter's Messages.) Official Communiques. Trenches East of Ypres. Attacked by Germans. Bayonet Charge Repulsed. Paris
The latest French communique states:— "Important forces of Germans are attacking the Allies' trenches east of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germany and Merchant Shipping. an American Steamer Mined. London
The American steamer Evelyn, cotton laden, has been mined and sunk off the Island of Borkum, in the North Sea, at the month of the Ems…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Off the South American Coast. the Kron Prinz Wilhelm's Victims. German Steamer Interned at Buenos Aires. Buenos Aires
The steamer Holger, which landed the crews of the Kron Prinz Wilhelm's victims, has been interned, the Argentine Government treating it as an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wars. Germany and Merchant Shipping. Several More Steamers Sunk. Austrian Submarines in the Adriatic. the Aerial Raid in Essex. Bomb Falls Near Barracks. Russians Endure Severe Fighting. Twenty German Army Corps in the Carpathians. Progress of Allies in France. Kaiser's Throat Causes Suffering. Friction Between Japan and China. (Reuter's Messages.) the Latest. Calais Bombed by Zeppelin. Several Houses Wrecked London
A Zeppelin bombed Calais, on the French coast, to-day. Several houses were wrecked. Five citizens were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germany and Merchant Shipping. Another Norwegian Steamer Sunk. Crew Saved by British Destroyer. London
The Norwegian steamer Regina, from the Tyne to Bordeaux, coal laden, was torpedoed last night and sank in ten minutes. A British destroyer saved…
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