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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914

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Hospital Ship Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 November 1914 · page 4

London, Oct. 30.—The hospital ship Rohilla, while proceeding from Queensferry to Dunkirk to pick up Belgian wounded, was wrecked in a gale at Whitby, at 4 o'clock in the morning…

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Big Gun Wrecked. Paris

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 November 1914 · page 2

A French aviator dropped a bomb on the railway at Blanchy, preventing several German trains from regaining the lines. French dragoons sent out to take the prisoners found the bomb…

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Dutch Steamer Sunk

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 2

The crew of the Dutch steamer Marina has arrived at Plymouth and reports that the Karlsruhe sank the Marina with a cargo of American wheat for Belfast…

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Swedish Steamer Strikes Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 2

The Swedish steamer Atle was sunk by a mine in the North Sea, and six lives were lost…

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Steamer Afire. Horses for France Aboard. New York

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 2

The Sayville by wireless reports receiving the "S.O.S." call from the steamer Rembrandt, which was afire in mid-ocean. The Rembrandt sailed from Baltimore on Saturday bound for…

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Schooner Ashore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 November 1914 · page 4

San Francisco, Nov. 23.—The steam schooner Hannalei has been wrecked on Duxbuy Reef. Two passengers swam ashore. Two members of the crow were drowned in trying to swim…

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Schooner Wrecked. San Francisco

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 November 1914 · page 1

Forty-three of those on board the steam schooner Hanalei, wrecked on Duxbury Reef. were rescued by lifelines, through the surf. Fifteen perished. The vessel broke Up in the…

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Disaster to Oil Steamer. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 10 December 1914 · page 4

The oil steamer Vedra grounded at Barrow. An explosion ignited the cargo. Two of those on board wore saved and 34 lost. The Vedra's benzine reached the engine-room,…

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New Steamer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 4

Lamb and Company's steamer O'mana has been launched at Slyton. SYDNEY, Saturday. J. E. HERMANN…

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German Steamer Sunk. Petrograd

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 3

It is officially stated that a Russian warship ordered the crew to leave the German steamer Derintic near Karasam. Only two Turkish officers and twelve soldiers obeyed, and they…

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