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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

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Greek Steamer on Fire. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 2

News from Tangier states that the Greek steamer Salonika ironladen for Glasgow was seen near Tarina enveloped in flames. It is believed that 400 of the crew wore taken off…

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Japanese Steamer Sunk. All Hands Saved

Young Witness · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.—The Japanese steamer Kon Kon Maru has been sunk, All aboard was saved…

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The War. P. and O. Steamer Persia Torpedoed. Great Loss of Life

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 4

London, January 1.—The P. and O. Company's steamer Persia, bound for Bombay, was sunk on Thursday. Most of the passengers and crew were lost…

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Steamer Geelong. Sunk in Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 6 January 1916 · page 4

It is officially announced that the P. and O. Company's steamer Geelong has been sunk in the Mediterranean by a collision with an Admiralty storeship. There was no loss of life…

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British in Africa. German Steamer Captured

Young Witness · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 2

CAPETOWN, Thursday.—The British expedition, to Lake Tanganyika, in Africa, captured a German armed steamer, all the German [?]cers being…

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Italian Steamer Sinks. Loss of Life

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 4

An Italian steamer struck a mine in the Adriatic and sank. Two hundred of the passesgers and crew perished. It is reported from Cettigne that the mined…

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German Destroyer Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 2

Copenhagen, Jan. 19.—The German torpedo destroyer Unter has been wrecked on Aeroe Island (Denmark). It is believed that the crew were drowned…

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British Submarine Ashore. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 4

It is officially stated that a British submarine grounded off Holland. A British destroyer saved part of the officers and crew and a Dutch warship the rest…

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Submarine Ashore. London, Jan. 21

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 2

It is officially announced that a British submarine grounded on the coast of Holland. A British destroyer saved part of…

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Steamer Strikes Mine

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 2

The Dutch liner Princess Juliana struck a mine in tile North Sea. She was beached at Felixstowe. The passengers and crew were saved…

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Steamer Appam. Arrival in America

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 2

London, Feb. 1.—The steamer Appam (7781 tons), which was reported missing while bound from the west east of Africa to London, has arrived at Norfolk, Virginia (U.S.A.), with a…

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Steamer Released. London Feb. 2

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 2

The Danish strainer Vidar, which was captured by the Germans, while on route to England with a cargo of foodstuffs, has been released…

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Steamer Appah Cafl. Arrival in American Port. German Prize Crew in Charge

Young Witness · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 4

NEW YORK,' Wednesday,— The West African line steamer Appam, 77st tons, has not been lost. She has arrived in America in…

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Successes of the Allies. on Western Front. German Works Wrecked

Young Witness · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 2

LONDON, Monday.— Sir Douglas Kaig in his latest report says:—"There were 28 air combats on February 5th. We downed six machines…

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Torpedoed. British Steamer. Malta

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 4

The British steamer Springwell, voyaging to India, was torpedoed without warning. The officers and crew, numbering 73, were picked up and landed here…

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Mutiny. Soldiers Refuse to Drill. Hotels and Shops Wrecked. One Man Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 2

At breakfast-time on Monday about 5000 troops of the Australian Imperial Forces, camped at Casula, near Liverpool, refused duty, and demanded the retraction of a new training…

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H.M.S. Arethusa. Wrecked by a Mine. London, Feb 15

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 2

The destruction is announced of one of the most celebrated of His Majesty's warships. Late yesterday after noon it was officially stated that the…

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Zeppelin Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 February 1916 · page 6

Amsterdam, Feb. 17.—A storm in Belgium carried a Zeppelin adrift, and it landed at Venloo, a wreck. It was interned…

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Steamer Blown Up

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 February 1916 · page 1

Paris, Feb. 18.—The British steamer Cedarwood, from Middlesborough, with a cargo of cast iron, was blown up at sea. All on board except two were drowned…

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Explosion on Steamer. Rio De Janeiro

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 February 1916 · page 4

The streamer Tennyson, bound from Buenos Ayres to New York, arrived at Marranhao seriously damaged by an explosion in the bunkers, due to an infernal machine or a German shell…

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