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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

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Another Steamer Sunk

Young Witness · Tuesday 14 September 1915 · page 2

LONDON, Monday. —The British steamer Mimosa was sunk by a submarine. The nrew was [?] LONDON, Monday.—The steamer…

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Italian Steamer on Fire. Reservists on Board. Safe Arrival. New York

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 September 1915 · page 2

The steamer Santa Anna is reported to be on re in mid-Atlantic. She carried 1600 Italian reservists. Later…

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Steamer on Fire. Pro-german Agents Suspected. New York

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 September 1915 · page 2

The Greek steamer Athinai has been abandoned in mid-ocean. The Tuscania rescued the passengers and crew, and only one life was lost. The Athinai is believed to have been set…

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German Seaplane Wrecked. Amsterdam

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 September 1915 · page 2

A German seaplane has been wrecked in the North Sean. The two occupants were rescued end landed at Terschelling…

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Swedish Steamer Captured Connivance Believed. Copenhagen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 September 1915 · page 2

The Swedish steamer Aera, with 12,000 tons of corn and 250 of oil from, Gothenburg, ostensibly for Stockholm, was captured on the voyage by a German destroyer, it is believed…

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Swedish Steamer [?] the Crew Saved

Young Witness · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 2

LONDON, Thursday.—The [?] steamer Forsvik 1107 tons was sunk[?] but the crew were saved…

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Set Afire. Greek Passenger Liner, British Steamer to Rescue. London, Sept. 20

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 2

The story of what appears to be another dastardly outrage by the Germane is contained in a brief wireless messages, which has been coming…

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British Steamer Sunk. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 9 October 1915 · page 3

The British steamer Arabia has been sunk; There are 20 survivors. BUILDING FOR COMMONWEALTH DEPARTMENTS…

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Italian Embassy Wrecked. Rome

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 12 October 1915 · page 4

Rioters in Constantinople wrecked the Italian Embassy. The police did not interfere, and the American Ambassador lodged a protest…

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Steamer Torpedoed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 16 October 1915 · page 2

Paris, Oct. 13.—The Messageries Maritimes steamer Yunnan (6474 tons) was torpedoed. The crow were landed…

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German Minelayer Wrecked

Young Witness · Friday 22 October 1915 · page 3

A Copenhagen message stales that wreckage from a German mine-layer has been washed up on Aeroe Island, Deaunark…

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German Submarine Sink Italian Steamer. London, Oct. 29

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 29 October 1915 · page 2

The relations between Germany and Italy are likley to be sharbly defined as the result of an event reported from Salonika…

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British Cruiser Aground. May Become Wreck. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 October 1915 · page 6

The cruiser Argyll has grounded on the Scottish coast, and it is feared she will become a wreck. All on board were rescued. [The Argyll is of 10,850 tons displacement,…

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Seizure of American Steamer. No American Protest. Washington

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 4 November 1915 · page 2

The United States has decided not to protest regarding the Hocking steamship seizure, but to allow the case to proceed in the ordinary way in the British prize court…

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British Steamer on Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 November 1915 · page 6

New York; Nov. 4.—A fire was discovered on board the British steamer Euterpe, which was laden with sugar. The captain believes that the fire was the work of incendiaries. It start…

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British Steamer Sunk in Mediterranean. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 November 1915 · page 2

Official: Two submarines on Friday in the Eastern Mediterranean sunk the British armed boarding steamer, Tara. Thirty-four are missing…

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American Steamer Seized. Washington

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 November 1915 · page 2

A British cruiser seized a suspicious American steamer, the Zeelandia, in a Mexican port, despite the American captain's protests. A British cruiser is waiting outside the…

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Steamer on Fire. New York

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 November 1915 · page 4

The captain of the French liner Rochambeau, on which vessel a fire broke out in the coal bunkers, has sent a wireless message stating that the fire has been extinguished, and the…

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Italian Steamer Abandoned. Galveston (Texas)

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 11 November 1915 · page 2

An Italian steamer, name unknown, has reported by wireless that she was on fire at sea laden with oil from Italy. The crew abandoned the ship, the steamer Gulf Stream…

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Suspicious Steamer. British Cruiser Active

Young Witness · Friday 12 November 1915 · page 2

WASHINGTON, Wednecday Night —A British cruiser is said to have seized a suspicious American ateamer called the Zeelandia, in a Mexican…

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