A Liverpool Steamer Sunk. Loss of Life. London
The Liverpool merchant steamer Aquilla was torpedoed by the German submarine U28, which first fired across the Aquila's bows…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915
356 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 8 of 18
Another Steamer in Distress. in the Bristol Channel. London
Elder, Dempster, and Company's steamer Malana, which left Liverpool on Saturday, is reported to be in distress in the Bristol Channel. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germany and Merchant Shipping. Steamer and Submarine. a Captain's Manoeuvre. London
Captain Wyatt, of the Great Eastern steamer Brussels, states that when off the Maas lightship a large German submarine signalled to him to stop…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germany and Merchant Shipping. Another Dutch Steamer Sunk. London
The Admiralty announces that the Dutch steamer Amstel was mined and sunk off Flamborough. The crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Castle Steamer Torpedoed and Sunk. London
The steamer Crown, of the Castle line, has been torpedoed off the Scilly Isles. The crew were rescued before the Teasel sank…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Steamer Torpedoed. Seventeen Men Missing. London
The steamer Emma was torpedoed and sunk off Beachy Head. The vessel wag given no warning. Seventeen of those on board are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Germany and Merchant Shipping. British Steamer Sunk by U 28. London
The German submarine U 28 sank the British steamer Southpoint about 60 miles from Cape Finisterre, on the coast of Spain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Germany and Merchant Shipping. a Torpedoed Steamer Safe. Paris
The steamer Delmira, which was torpedoed in the English Channel on March 25, en route to Boulogne, and was thought to have been sunk, has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →French Mail Steamer's Arrival. Sydney
The French mail steamer Sontay, the first of the Messageries Maritime line since the outbreak of war, arrived yesterday from Marseilles, via ports…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germany and Merchant Shipping. a Torpedoed Steamer Safe. Paris
The steamer Delmara, which was torpedoed in the English Channel "on March 25, en route to Boulogne, and was thought to have been sunk, has…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Swedish Steamer Seized. Copenhagen
The Germans seized the Swedish steamer England in the Baltic. She was laden with maize from South America for Stockholm…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War Items. Austrian Army's Desperate Plight. Japanese Volunteer Movement. Irish Guards in Dublin. German Steamer Sunk. Canadian Shipping Boycott
The following war items are transmitted by the Independent Cable Service:— Rome Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cable News. (Reuter's Messages.) Steamer, Banffshire Disabled. London
The steamer Banffshire, from Australia, has put into Las Palmas, in the Canary Islands, for repairs, owing to leaky boiler tubes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Steamer Wrecked. All Hands Drowned. in Shetland Islands. (Reuters Message.) London
The steamer Avontisavia. nitrate laden, from Quique, South America, bound for the Tyne, has been wrecked off Culswick, in the Shetland Islands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Australia. German Stowaway on Mail Steamer. Sydney
Shortly before the American mail steamer Ventura sailed yesterday the military police searched the vessel thoroughly. Private Champion, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wars. Importance of Les Eparges. German Losses There Total 30,000. Russian Progress in Hungary. Advancing on Uzsok Valley. Continuance of Bulgarian Activity. Belgian Relief Steamer Torpedoeb. Where and How the Karlsruhe Sank. (Reuter's Messages.) Germany and Merchant Shipping. Belgian Relief Steamer Torpedoed. Many of the Crew Drowned. Rotterdam
The Belgian Relief Committee's steamer Harpalyo was mined or submarined off Noordhinden Lightship, though she was supplied with papers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer's Captain Fights Aeroplanes. Rotterdam
Two German aeroplanes threw 25 bombs against the British steamer Serula, but the captain, using a special Martini-Henri rifle provided for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bombing the Steamer President. London
When the craw of the U4 submarine boarded the President they placed a bomb aboard. The steamer was still afloat when last seen. The submarine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dutch Grain-laden Steamer Sunk. Torpedoed in the North Sea. Amsterdam
The Dutch steamer Katwyk, grainladen from Baltimore to Rotterdam, was torpedoed north of the Hinder Banks, off the Netherlands coast. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →2nd Edition. Miner Office, 3 p.m. the War. (Reuter's Messages.) Germany and Merchant Shipping. Another Steamer Torpedoed. London
The steamer Ptarmigan was torpedoed off the North Hinder light, on the British coast; 11 of the crew were drowned…
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