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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914

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Arrival of an Austrian Steamer. Melbourne

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 August 1914 · page 5

The Austrian steamer Torul has unexpectedly arrived in Melbourne direct from Austria Hungary. The Austrian says it is net intended to make use of the…

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Steamer on Fire. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 August 1914 · page 3

The big interstate cargo steamer Bunninyong, belonging to the Melbourne Steamship Company, beached at Eden this morning, on fire. The Bunninyong…

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Fighting in the North Sea. Germany and France. British Steamer Seized. (By Cable.) London, Sunday Night

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 August 1914 · page 2

An exclusive wireless message received at Vancouver, stating that there was a heavy Bombardment at 1 p.m. to-day in the North Sea, is interpreted to mean…

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German Steamer Detained

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 5

The german steamer Prinz Sigismund is being detained at brisbane by the Customs authorities and prevented from coaling. '…

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Steamer Detained. Stranded in Canada. Vancouver. Aug 4 •!

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 5

The steamer Niagara has been detained, and will not sail for Sydney. Owing to the cancellation of the sailing of the Niagara, scores of Australians and now…

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British Steamer Detained. German Cruiser's Persuit. Tientsin Aug 4

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 5

A German cruiser is pursuing the Norwegian steamer Tungus which is conveying foodstuffs to Vladivostock. Germans detained the British steamer…

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German Steamer

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 12

The German steamer Westfalen left new castle toi-day, Ostensibly for Bremen [?] belleved she will make for Java or [?]…

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German Steamer Detained

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 3

The German steamer prinz Sigismund is being [?]ped at [?] by the Customs authorities and prevented from coaling…

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Arrival of an Austrian Steamer Melbourne, [?]

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 12

The Austrian steamer form [?] pectedly arrived in Melbourne [?] Austria Hungary. The Austrian [?] it is not intended to make use [?]…

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German Vessel's Ruse. Disguised As British Steamer

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 3

New York, Wednesday.—The Kronprinzossin Cecille returned to Bar Harbor, Malne, the captain fearing capture. The vessel had been disguised as a…

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Steamer Detained. Stranded in Canada. Vancouver, Aug. 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 2

The steamer Niagara has been detained and will not sail for Sydney. Owing to the cancellation of the seiling of the Niagara, scores of Australians and New…

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British Steamer Detained. German Cruiser's Pursuit. Tientsin, Aug. 4

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 3

A Gorman cruiser is pursuing the Norwegian steamer Tungus. which is conveying foodstuffs to Vladivostck. Germans detained the British steamer…

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River Collision. Panic on a Steamer. New York. July 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 7

The river steamer Majestic, while returning with a thousand excursionists aboard, collided with a stone-laden barge, in the East River…

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Another Big Ship Wrecked in Mid Ocean

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 2

The wreck of the "Roland" in the Nordisk Coy's highly sensational and emotional story of the sea, entitled "Atlantis," which is to be the principal attraction in the programme of…

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ANOTHER N.D.L. Steamer Seized. London. Aug. 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 August 1914 · page 20

The N.D.L. cargo steamer Schieisen, from Sydney, bound to Bremen, via, Java, has been captured and taken to plymouth…

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Austrian Steamer Ordered From Naples. Rome, Aug. 10

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 6

The Australian steamship Bayern has been ordered to leave Naples owing to her cargo containing dynamite and live projectiles. She was trying to reach the Adriatic under…

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Romance of a £250 Purchase. Fortune in a Wrecked Steamer

The Scone Advocate · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 4
Also in Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser

Three months ago a tramp steamer named the Jane Rowe piled herself up on Bolt Tail, between Plymouth and Dartmouth, so successfully as to defy…

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German Tank Steamer. New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 5

The officers of an incoming steamer from Bermuda confirm the report of the capture of the German took steamer Leda, which was taken to Bermuda. This is regarded as…

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Romance of a £250 Purchase. Fortune in a Wrecked Steamer

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 6

Three months ago a tramp steamer named the Jane Rowe piled herself up on Bolt Tail, between Plymouth and Dartmouth, so successfully as to defy…

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