The Schooner Cavan. No Tidings Yet
There are no further tidings of the schooner Cavan, which cast off from the collier Alice. when the latter broke down near Norah Head, when making for Newcastle, early on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hunter Valley · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915
491 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 25
Steamer Mined. London, Jan. 1
A Danish steamer has been sunk by a mine, in the North Sea. All the crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Germany's Shame. Wreckage of Historical Buildings. London
The Russian and French Governments after the war intend placing on historical buildings wrecked by the Germans the inscription: "Restored in the year of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Salving a Wreck. Terrible Experiences
The men salving the wrecked steamer Norfolk, on Ninety Mile Beach, victoria, had some terrible experiences before the end came on New year's Day, and they were washed…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Missing Schooner Cavan. Reported All Well
The French barque Sully, which arrived at Newcastle from Wallaroo inst evening, brought welcome tidings of the four-masted schooner Cavan, for which the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Japanese Steamer Lost. [?]
The steamer [?]No. [?] found for Dairy from [?] fiered near Front Hamilton. Twenty-four persons were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Caught in a Gale. Schooner's Trying Experience. Two Men Overboard
The American four-masted schooner Columbia, which arrived in Sydney yesterday from Pagot Sonad, with 1,000,000 feet of Oregon reported a a sensational voyage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Steamer's Ruse. Copenhagen, Jan. 5
A Norwegian shipmaster from Gibraltar reports that some German steamers attempted to sail under Norwegian names to avoid seizure. The Hamburg-Amerika…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Steamers. Prize Steamer Sold
Five German prime steamers were sold by auction yesterday, the prices aggregating £134,725. A Liverpool shipowner bought the [?] (3326 tons). a Norddeutscher…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Traffic
The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company's steamer leaves Newcastle for Sydney, awaits the arrival of the train leaving Maitland at 10.10 p.m., and leaves…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →German Steamers. Prize Steamer Sold
Five German prize steamers were sold by auction yesterday, the prices aggregating £ 130.725. A Liverpool shipowner bought the Schlesien (5536 tons). a Norddeutscher…
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The American four-masted schooner Columbia, which arrived in Sydney on Tuesday from [?]get Sound, with 1,000,000 feet of Oregon reported a sensational voyage…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sensational Story. Aviators Wrecked on Desert. a Marvellous Escape. Cairo, Friday, 10.25 p.m
Captain Bean sends the following story of the marvellous escape of two of the Allies' aviators in the desert, which he describes as unquestionably true, and the most wonderful…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Nile Sunk. in Japanese Waters. Tokio, Jan. 12
The P. and O. Company's steamer Nile, 6702 tons, struck Howsro rock, off Awashema Island, in the Inland Sen, at midnight on Monday, and foundered in 30 fathoms of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Nile Sunk. in Japanese Waters. Tokio, Jan, 12
The P. and O.Company's steamer Nile, 6702 tons, struck Howsro rock, off Awashema Island, in the Inland Sea, at midnight on Monday, and foundered in 30 fathoms of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Aerial Duel. German Taubes Wrecked
Lieutenant Douglas Beatty, Army Service Corps. of Colwyn Bay, gives a vivid account of an aerial battle fought over Hazebrouck on Nov 21. the letter, written in…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sensational Story. Aviators Wrecked on Desert. a Marvellous Escape. Cairo, Friday, 10.25 p.m
Captain Bean sends the following story of the marvellous escape of two of the Allies' aviators in the desert, which he describes as unquestionably true, and the most wonderful…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Floating Mines. Many Drift Ashore. Amsterdam, Jan. 10
Over one hundred mines have drifted ashore on the Belgian coast, Soldiers at Knocke, Hoyst and Zedbrugge are busy exploding them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bougainville. Occupation by the Australians. Steamer Sunk
Further particulars regarding the occupation by Australian troops on December 9 last of Bougainville, the principal island on the German Solomons, were received by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Traffic
The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company's steamer leaves Newcastle for Sydney, awaits the arrival of the train leaving Maitland at 10.10 p.m., and leaves…
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