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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918

42 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 2 of 3

Big Vessels Hit. Transport and Steamer 2800 Sammies in Danger. Ships and All Hands Saved. Vancouver

Young Witness · Friday 13 September 1918 · page 2

Reuter,—An American troopship with 2800 troops aboard was torpedoed on Friday off the English coast. The vessel was not sunk and the…

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Steamer Ashore. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 17 September 1918 · page 2

The steamer Bellinger went ashore at the entrance to the Maelcay river while leaving with a cargo of timber…

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Torpedoed Steamer. British, Lives Lost. London

Young Witness · Friday 20 September 1918 · page 2

Reuter.—The Admiralty announces that a German submarine on 12th September torpedoed and sank a British armed boarding steamer…

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British Steamer Torpedoed. 58 Men Missing. LONDON

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 21 September 1918 · page 6

Thu Admiralty reports: A German submarine on 12th September torpedoed and sank a British armed boarding steamer. Eight officers and 50 men, including 25 of the mercantile…

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Panic on a Steamer. New York

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 24 September 1918 · page 4

An explosion of steam pipes aboard the steamer Julia Stafford, off Brooklyn, with two hundred men and women, munition workers, aboard, resulted in fatal injuries to five, while…

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New Steamer

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 26 September 1918 · page 2

The new coastal steamer Cobaki has completed her trials and will be placed on the North Coast cargo service shortly…

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Steamer Tasman. Torpedoed in European Waters. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 1 October 1918 · page 2

The Navy Department reports that the steamer Tasman, belonging to the Royal Dutch Packet Company and requisitioned by the 'British Government…

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Steamer Sunk. Hiran Maru Torpedoed. 300 Missing. London

Young Witness · Friday 11 October 1918 · page 2

The Hiran Maru has been torpedoed with 320 passengers abroad, 300 of whom were lost. Messrs. Tres[?]ian and Dun have…

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Irish Steamer Sunk.—480 Missing

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 12 October 1918 · page 2

The Irish mail steamer Leinster has been torpedoed and sunk. Two hundred wore saved, but 480 are missing. The French and Servian troops con[?]r with…

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The Niagara Mail Steamer Arrives. Sydney

Young Witness · Friday 25 October 1918 · page 2

The Canadian Mall Steamer, Niagara arrived to-day, and was sent to the Quarantine station owing to an outbreak of Influenza…

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Spanish Steamer Sunk. London

Young Witness · Tuesday 29 October 1918 · page 3

The sinking of the Spanish steamer Chatarro off the Atlantic coast is announced. Six of the crow are missing…

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A Missing Schooner. No News for Four Weeks. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 29 October 1918 · page 2

No news has been received of the, schooner Handa Isle, which left Sydney four weeks ago for Melbourne. It is suggested that a steamer be sent in…

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Struck a Reef Princess Sophia Wrecked. 343 Lives Lost. Vancouver

Young Witness · Tuesday 29 October 1918 · page 2

During a severe storm, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company's steamer Princess Sophia (2320 tons) was wreoked on a reef in the Lynn Canal…

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Disastrous Shipwreck

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 October 1918 · page 4

Vancouver, Oct. 26.—The Canadian Pacific Company announces that they have been advised that the steamer Princess Sophia (2326 tons) truck a reef at Lynn Canal (Alaska), and…

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Missing Schooner. Some Wreckage Found. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 5 November 1918 · page 2

Some wreckage, including portion of the vessel's deck house of kauri, has been found floating 14 miles off Sydney Heads by the Gamecock. It…

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Steamer Quarantined

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 7 November 1918 · page 4

The steamer Moeraki, which arrived last night front New Zealand, has been placed in quarantine…

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Steamer Held Up Influenza Epidemic. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 19 November 1918 · page 2

The steamer Moeraki is still held up in Sydney owing to the crow refusing to sign on for New Zealand owing to the influenza epidemic…

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Steamer Overdue

Young Witness · Tuesday 26 November 1918 · page 2

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The ship [?]ver[?]don, from Now York, is now two months overdue in Sydney…

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Fire on Steamer Sydney

Young Witness · Friday 6 December 1918 · page 2

Four seamen belonging to the schooner Edward West, which was afire in the Sydney Harbor on Wednesday night, have been arrested [?]…

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Stranded Steamer. Sydney

Young Witness · Tuesday 17 December 1918 · page 2

Cargo from the stranded steamer Houtman, in Torres straits, is boins transhipped to another vessel…

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