South Australia. Body Washed Ashore. Adelaide
The body of Albert Hedley Richards, who was drowned on Sunday, was washed ashore at Port Elliot tooday, dressed only in a bathing suit…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918
146 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 8
The Cruiser Goeben. No Longer Ashore. (Router's Message.) London
The Admiralty reports: "A reconnaissance on Sunday midnight showed that the cruiser Goeben was no longer ashore on Nagara Point, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Melbourne Storm Tidal Wave on the Beaches. Two Lives Lost. Much Damage to Property. Many Houses Destroyed. Bay, Shipping Upset. Excursion Steamer in Danger. Melbourne
A severe storm, accompanied by lighthing, and, at some place, hail, swept over the city and suburbs at about 4 o'clock on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Neutral Countries. Spanish Cabinet Exasperated at Sinking of a Steamer. (Reuter's Message.) Seville
A German submarine stopped the steamer Giralda 30 miles from Vigo, on the Spanish coast, and detained her for four hours while the commander…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enemy Submarines. British Steamer Sunk in the Mediterranean. 224 Men Lost. (Reuter's Message.) London
The Admiralty reports:— "The armed naval steamer Louvain was torpedoed and sunk in the Eastern Mediterranean on January 21…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queensland Storms. Now Fine at Rockhampton. a Schooner Missing. Brisbane, Tuesday
It is now fine at Rockhampton. The water in the Fitzroy River fell five inches up to ll a.m. yesterday; and at Yaamba the river is falling at the rate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →United States Troops in Action. Trenches in Lorraine Occupied. Gunners Wreck Enemy Dugouts. (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver
It is officially announced from Washington that United States troops now occupy a section of the Lorraine front, where the Germans have opened the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Melbourne Storm. Accident to the Steamer Hygeia. Breakdown Near Mornington
Considerable excitement prevailed for a time on Saturday evenbing on board the well-known Bay steamer Hygela when that vessel broke down on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Canada. the Halifax Disaster. Port Officer Charged with Manslaughter. Captain and Pilot of Steamer Mont Blanc Arrested. (Reuter's Message.) Vancouver
Commander Wyatt, chief examination officer at the Port of Halifax, has been arrested on a charge of manslaughter on the grounds of failure to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Steamer Torpedoed. Six of the Crew Missing. (Reuter's Message.) Washington,Thurday
The TJnitgd States steamer Almanaco was torpedoed in the war zone on Wednesday. Six of the crew are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sinking of the Tuscini. Steamer Floats for Two Hours. the Destroying Submarine Sunk. (Renter's Message.) London
The transport Tuscania floated for two hours after being torpedoed. The survivors have all been landed British destroyers sank the submarine that sank the liner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Belgian Relief Steamer Sunk. Grain From United States (Reuter's Message.) Amsterda[?]
A Swedish-owned vesel, bound from Baltimore (U.S.A.) to Rotterdam, carrying grain for Belgian relief, has been torpedoed and sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Enemy Submarines. Spanish Steamer Torpedoed. Bound for New York. (Reuter's Message.) Madrid
Official: Two lifeboats arrived at the Canary Islands on February 7 belonging to the Spanish steamer Sebastian, which was torpedoed on February…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →How to Avoid a Wreck
A tiny leak In a big ship can easily be stopped if taken in time, but if disregarded, it will overcome the mightiest vessel, and drag her beneath the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disputes at Port Pirie. Steamer Leaves in Water Ballast
The Port Pirie correspondent of the "Advertiser" telegraphs:— "A steamer which for loading leady concentrates would have paid local…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Enemy Submarines. Italian Steamer Torpedoed; (Reuter's Message.) Madrid
The Italian steamer Duca di Genoa has been torpedoed and sunk a mile off Sagunto, on the Spanish coast. The Government is investigating with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Belgian Relief Steamer Sunk. Grain From United States (Reuter's Message.) Amsterday
A Swedish-owned vesel, bound from Baltimore (U.S.A.) to Rotterdam carrying" grain for Belgian relief, has been torpedoed and sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Enemy Submarines. Spanish Steamer Torpedoed. Bound for New York. (Router's Message.) Madrid
Official: Two lifeboats arrived at the Canary Islands on February 7 belonging to the Spanish steamer Sebastian, which was torpedoed on February…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Woman's Adventure. Under a Steamer's Paddle Wheel
"Don't start the engines there is a woman under the paddle wheel" shouted Senior-constable R. Brown at the Port Melbourne old railway pier on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of a Ketch. Adelaide
The wreck of a ketch, at present unidentified is reported from Port Julia, Yorke's Peninsula…
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