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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

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Supposed Bomb. German's Shop Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 2

As the result of what is believed to be bomb explosion, a shop conducted by Otto Pfafflin, baker and confectioner, at 69 Belmont-road, Mosman, was wrecked shortly after 9 o'clock…

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Aeroplane Attacks Steamer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 March 1916 · page 2

Christiania, March 2.—It is reported that a German aeroplane flying over the North Sea discharged several bombs, and just missed the steamer Modena, 1148 tons, flying the Norwegian…

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Swedish Steamer Sank. PARIS

Young Witness · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 2

A Swedish steamer was sunk by an Austrian submarine, forty miles from Marseilles…

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Glasgow Steamer Sunk

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 March 1916 · page 4

London, March 6.—The steamer Masunda, 4952 tons, owned by the Glasgow United S.S. Company, has been sunk. All on board were saved…

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The Latest. the War. Verdun. Meuse Situation Unchanged. French Wreck German Trenches. Five Enemy Aeroplanes Brought Down. Paris

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 March 1916 · page 2

A communique states: The situation east and west of the Meuse is unchanged. During Thursday night the bombardments of both banks continued violently. We wrecked…

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Attempt to Torpedo Steamer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 March 1916 · page 2

New York, March 16.—The French liner Patria (11,885 tons), with 900 passengers from Palermo, reports that when passing Tunis a submarine fired a torpedo without warning. The…

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Russian Steamer in Trouble. Copenhagen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 March 1916 · page 4

Eight of the crew of the Russian steamer Novo Jasalboda have been landed. The captain, his wife, and children, and ten of the crew were killed. There are no further details…

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The Blockade. Norweigian Steamer Captured. London

Young Witness · Tuesday 21 March 1916 · page 2

A British submarine captured the Norweigian steamer Konginge, which was bound for Lubeck, a German port in the Battle sea, as a prize. The…

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Norwegian Steamer. Captured by British Submarine. Copenhagen

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 21 March 1916 · page 2

A British submarine has captured the Norwegian steamer Konginge bound for Lubeck. A prize crew is taking her to Leith. SYDNEY, Tuesday…

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Spy on Steamer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 1

Lewis (Delaware), March 31.—Ernest Schiller, the German stowaway who attempted to capture the steamer Matophe, outward bound with war supplies for Vladivostock, has confessed to…

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Arrested on Board Steamer. Sydney

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

Detective boarded the steamer Makura from Auckland and arrested at man whom they charged with stealing £110…

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Wrecked Zeppelin Sighted. Copenhagen

Young Witness · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 1

A Danish fishing boat reports seeing a wrecked Zeppelin, half submerged, in the North Sea. It is believed to have been previously seen steering…

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The War. Cargo Steamer. Seized by the British. London

Young Witness · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 2

The Brazilian steamer Saldan Hadegama bound from Para to New York, with a cargo of 120 tons of raw rubber, was selzed off the Orkney Islands…

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Submarines. Steamer Sunk

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 8 April 1916 · page 2

The steamer Vesuvio bound from the Mediterranean to London was torpedoed in the Channel. The captain and five of the crew perished, and three others were injured…

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Steamer Rangatira. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 13 April 1916 · page 2

The Salvage Association reports that the position of the steamer Rangatira has not changed. but her re-floating is very doubtful…

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Sweedish Steamer Sunk

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 15 April 1916 · page 4

London, April 12.—The Sweedish steamer Mapjek has been sunk without warning…

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Hit Nine Times. Steamer's Escape From Submarine. London

Young Witness · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 2

A German submarine attacked without warning the Pacific steamer Duendes. When at a distance of three miles, she altered her course and…

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American Mail Steamer. SYDNEY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 2

The American mail steamer Sierra arrived this morning with 2700 tons of general merchandise. Mr. A. J. Willis, a Sydney business man, who was a passenger, says he is perfectly…

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German Zeppelin Wrecked. London

Young Witness · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 2

An Amsterdam message reports the wreck of a Zeppelin, which passed through Belgium on its way to Germany…

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German Steamer Captured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 6 May 1916 · page 2

Madrid, May 5.—The British captured the German steamer Telde (2073 tons), which was interned at Teneriffe. She was anchored outside the bay, and fearing a storm, tried to come…

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