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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917

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Steamer Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 2 January 1917 · page 2

London, Jan. 1.—The Liverpool liner Alondra (2244 tons) struck on the rocks near Baltimore, in the County of Cork. Fourteen persons were drowned. The survivors endured terrible…

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French Mail Steamer. Under Shell Fire

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 1

Reuter's Madrid correspondent says that the French mail steamer Ville d'Havre sent wireless messages to Spanish stations that she was being shelled by a submarine. The messages…

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Wrecked

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 2

Wellington (N.Z.), Monday.—The steamer Maitai, of the Union Co., of New Zealand, hound from San Francisco for Wellington dragged her anchors and went On a reef at…

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Awful Explosion. Munition Works in London Many Dead and Injured. Whole Area Wrecked. London

Young Witness · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2

A tremendous explosion on Friday evening, followed the outbreak of a fire in one of the munitions establishments, used for the refining of…

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American Steamer Fired At

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 8 February 1917 · page 2

London, Feb. 6.—The Admiralty state:— The captain of the American steamer West-wego, 5275 tons, owned by the Union Petroleum S.S. Co., reports that on Jan. 31 a…

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Struck a Reef. Wheat Schooner Sunk. (Country Press Message). SYDNEY

Young Witness · Friday 9 February 1917 · page 2

The schooner Success, loaded with wheat from Balgownn, struck a reef off Tollbridge Hill while en route for Port Adelaide. The vessel sank…

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The Latest. The War. America and Germany. American Steamer Sunk. Will this be the "Overt" Act? LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 February 1917 · page 2

The American steamer Lyman Law has been sunk in the Mediterranean. The American Consul at Rome cables that…

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Germans' Second Line Between Oise and Aisne. Wrecked by the French. Reuter's Telegram). LONDON

Young Witness · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 2

The French communique states:—In the Puissalline district, between the Oise and the Aisne our detachments penetrated the second German line,…

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Big Steamer Reported Sunk. London

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 4

The 7000 ton British steamer Worcestershire is reported to have been sunk…

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The Submarine Menace. Another American Steamer Arrives

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 3 March 1917 · page 4

Reuter's Bordeaux correspondent states that the American steamer Rochester from New York has entered Gironde…

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The Submarine Menace. Relief Steamer Sunk

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 13 March 1917 · page 4

''Lloyd's News'' states that the Belgian relief steamer Storstad, from Buenos Ayres, has been submarined in daylight. Thirteen were landed, including an American. Two boats with 30 men…

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Proposed New Steamer Line

Young Witness · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 2

A cable from London says that' "Lloyd's List" gives promience to a proposal by the New Zealand Farmer' Union to establish a line of…

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Destruction of Steamer's Engines. Norfolk

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 12 April 1917 · page 2

Captain Kerer, of the Austrian steamer Budapest, has admitted to the inspectors that he wrecked engines following the receipt of official instructions on 1st February…

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Steamer Torpedoed. in the English Channel

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 May 1917 · page 2

A vessel carrying passengers from Australia to the United Kingdom has been torpedoed in the English Channel after landing passengers at Plymouth…

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A Shipwreck a Pilot's Discovery. (Country Press Telegram). SYDNEY

Young Witness · Friday 11 May 1917 · page 2

The pilot at Port Macquarie reports that a resident has sighted what appeared to be a wreck a mile off the shore south of Crosceat Head. The…

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Submarine Menace. Brazilian Steamer Torpedoed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 24 May 1917 · page 4

Reuter's Paris correspondent reports that a submarine sank the Brazilian steamer Tajuea off Brittany. Some of the crew were saved…

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Steamer Abandoned Afire. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 June 1917 · page 4

The Navy Office states that the Union Steamship Company's steamer Waitotara caught fire at sea and was abandoned. The whole crew was picked up by the steamer pacifique…

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Steamer Beached. (Country Press Telegram). SYDNEY

Young Witness · Tuesday 26 June 1917 · page 2

The North Coast steamer, Kamornle on route for the Richmond River coal laden, sprang a leak and was beached in the South Clarence river…

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P. and O. Steamer Sunk. Passengers Landed. Mails Believed Lost. BOMBAY

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 June 1917 · page 4

It is announced that the Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamer Mongolia, carrying mails from London up to London date 31st May, was sunk off Bombay at noon on…

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Mesopotamia. River Steamer Bombed. (Reuter's Telegram). LONDON

Young Witness · Friday 29 June 1917 · page 2

A Mesopotamia official report stat es: Our aeroplanes bombed and directly hit ft Turkish river steamer. Hostile aeroplanes on Monday…

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