Steamer Rangatira. Capetown
The damage to the Rangatira is serious. The position, however, is not hopeless, but it is useless to attempt to salve the steamer. the bulk of the cargo has been discharged…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916
94 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 3 of 5
Dutch Steamer Blown Up
London, May 17.—The steamer Batavier V. (1569 tons), with a general cargo, bound from London to Rotterdam, has been blown up. Four persons perished…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Zeppelin Wreckage
Copenhagen, May 29.—The bodies of an officer nod a man belonging to a Zeppelin were washed ashore at Esbjerg, also wreckage, suggesting that a Zeppelin had been destroyed at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Zeppelin. Another Reported Wrecked. Amsterdam
It is reported that a Zeppelin collided with trees near Veles and was destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War News Survivors Twelve Washed Ashore. Loss of the Hampshire. London, Thursday Night
It Is officially stated that twelve survivors of the Hampshire were washed ashore on a raft. Further details are anxiously awaited…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Zeppelin Wrecked. Caught in a Storm. London
A Zeppelin of the largest latest type was caught in a wind storm at Chateliner, in southern Belgium, and dashed against telegraph wires The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck and Loss of Life. San Francisco
The steamer Boar struck a roof off the Californian coast at midnight. The passengers took to the boats after some panic, but were unable to land on the rocky shore owing to the surf,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Submarines. German Steamer Torpedoed
Stockholm, June 19.—A submarine, believed to be British, north of Falkenberg, torpedoed the German steamer Erns (699 tons), bound from Christiania to Lubeck (Germany). The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Mined. Majority of 800 Passengers Saved. Petrograd
The steamer Mercury with 800 passengers was mined near Odessa, and sank in five minutes. The majority were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Captured
Six German destroyers captured and took to Zeebrugge the Great Eastern Railway Company's mail steamer Brussels (1980 tons). The vessel left Rotterdam on Thursday with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Jutland Battle. Tell-tale Wreckage
London, June 26.—An Amsterdam message says that a Dutch trawler passed a mass of wreckage off the Danish coast, and picked up a lifeboat with a number of cape marked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Austrian Planes. Italians Wreck Thirty. Successful Raid on a Camp. Rome
The Italians recently made a raid on an Austrian, aviation ca[?] at Pergine, where there were thirty aeroplanes. Bombs were accurately dropped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →How a Steamer Was Captured. Amsterdam
The "Telegraaf" states that the capture of the steamer Brussels on 23rd June was due to a mysterious passenger, who described himself as an l American, but was presumably a German…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Steamer Lost
London, July 7.—The British steamer Gannet (1127 tons), which was unarmed, hue been torpedoed. and sunk. The British steamer Lestris (1384 tons), has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Steamer Sunk
London, July 9.—A Russian submarine sank the German steamer Dovita in the Baltic. The crew were landed in Sweden…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Steamer Believed Lost. London
Lloyds' report that it is believed the Germans have captured the British 2000 ton steamer Pendennis…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Steamer Sunk. London
The British steamer Kara has been sunk by a mine. The crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Turkish Steamer Captured
A Russian communique says:—Our torpedo boats in the Black Sea on Tuesday captured the Turkish steamer Itchikad, laden with a cargo of petroleum and barley…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Interned Steamer Escapes. Amsterdam
The German steamers Bussard and Eduard Martini escaped from Rotterdam, where they had been since the outbreak of the war. The Eduard Martini returned, fearing capture…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Zeppelin Wrecked
It is reported from Cologne that Russian guns wrecked a Zeppelin at Riga…
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