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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

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British Steamer Bombed. Amsterdam

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 8 July 1915 · page 5

Dutch sailors state that two airmen unsuccessfully bombed a British steamer in the North Sea. The vessel by zigzagging avoided the bombs…

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Collision Off Nobby's Between Tug and Steamer. (By Telegraph.) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 July 1915 · page 2

A collision occurred a few miles off Nobby's, Newcastle, this morning between the tug Champion and the North Coast Company's steamer Poonabar…

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Naval Action. Minelayer Runs Ashore. Stockholm. July 3

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1915 · page 12

Four Russian cruisers chased the German minelayer Albatross eastward of Go[?]tland, killing 21 and wounding 27 of the crew. The Albatross ran ashore to avoid capture…

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British Steamer Bombed. Amsterdam

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1915 · page 3

Dutch sailors state that two airmen unsuccessfully bombed a British steamer in the North Sea. The vessel by zigzagging avoided she bombs…

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Submarine War. Steamer's Escape. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1915 · page 2

The steamer Anglor California has arrived at Queenstown, after having been shelled by a submarine. The captain made a daring and skilful…

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Steamer Burnt. by German Submarine. Copenhagen, July 9

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1915 · page 5

A submarine in the North Sen burnt the Danish schooner Ellen, which was bound for Liverpool, laden with timber. The [?] were landed…

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American Steamer. Torpedoed by Submarine. Loss of U.S. Citizens. London, July 1

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 July 1915 · page 12

A Gorman submarine torpedoed and sunk F. Leyland and Co.'s steamer Armenian (8825 tons) in the English Channel. It is believed that several of the crew were killed…

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Steamer Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 July 1915 · page 2

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 for…

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Steamer Sunk. No Lives Lost

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 July 1915 · page 2

The Awaroa, a small bay steamer, while proceeding through the Goode Canal (Vic.) on Saturday evening, collided with the Melbourne Harbour Trust's hopper barge…

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Steamer Torpedoed

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1915 · page 5

The Russian steamer Leo, 2224 tons, bound from Philadelphia to Manchestor, was terpedeed on Friday sixty miles off Tuskar Rock (Irish coast), No warning…

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The Konigsberg. Wrecked by Monitors. London, July 12

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 14 July 1915 · page 5

The monitors Mersey and Severn attacked the German cruiser Konigsberg in the Ruflgi River (German East Africa), on July 4…

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Steamer Wrecked

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 5

For a considerable time the steamer Strathcona has been overdue at Suva, and anxiety was felt as to the whereabouts of the vessel. The harbour master at Suva…

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Swedish Schooner Mined. Copenhagen, July 14

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 5

The Swedish schooner Daisy, laden with coal, und bound from England for Sweden, was mined off Aland. Five of the crow, including the captain, were drowned…

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Norwegian Steamer Sunk. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 16 July 1915 · page 5

The Norwegian steamer Ryme, coalladen from Tyneside for France, was torpedoed without warning. The second engineer was killed and the…

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German Steamer Sunk. Christiania. July 16

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 17 July 1915 · page 5

The German steamer Friedrich Arp (1642 tons) was sunk near Bodo (Norway), It is reported that she was torpedoed…

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Steamer Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 20 July 1915 · page 7

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 for…

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Submarines. Russian Steamer Sunk

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 22 July 1915 · page 5

A submarine torpedoed and sunk the Russian steamer General Rodetzky, laden with timber, off the Shetlands. The crew of 22 was landed at Peterhead,…

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Swedish Schooner Mined. Copenhagen, July 14

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 12

The Swedish, schooner Daisy, laden with coal, and bound, from England for Sweden, was mined off Aland. Five of the crew, including the captain, were drowned…

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Norwegian Steamer Sunk. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 12

The Norwegian steamer Ryme, coal-laden from Tyneside for France, was torpedoed without warning. The second engineer was killed and the…

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German Steamer Sunk Christiania, July 16

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 12

The German steamer Friedrich Arp (1642 tons) was sunk near Bodo (Norway). It is reported that she was torpedoed…

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