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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

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Steamer Benalla Safe. Fire Under Control. Help Not Needed. (By Cable.)

Singleton Argus · Saturday 24 July 1915 · page 6

London, Thursday Night.-A message received from Durban states that the fire on the steamer Benalla is under control, and the help of the steamer…

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Terrible Disaster. Picnic Steamer Overturns. Thousand Lives Lost. Chicago, July 24

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 26 July 1915 · page 5

The steel steamer Eastland, 1218 tons, belonging to the Eastland Navigation Company, while crowded with picnickers, capsized in the Chicago River…

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Japanese Steamer. Ashore at the Heads. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 27 July 1915 · page 2

While the Japanese cargo steamer Hakusshika Maru was inward bound she went aground entering the Heads this morning. After an hour, with the…

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The Steamer Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 27 July 1915 · page 4

The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company's Newcastle loaves Sydney to-night (Tuesday) after a thorough overhaul at Mort's Dock during the present month. The passenger…

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Submarines. American Steamer Sunk London, July 27

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 July 1915 · page 5

A Washington message states that American opinion is greatly shocked by the torpedoing of the L[?]lanaw, as it is considered to be a case similar to the steamer Frye, for…

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Strathcona Wreck

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 28 July 1915 · page 6

Further details of the wreck of the Strathcona received at Auckland (N.Z.) show that the schooner was thrown up on to the crown of a reef in a heavy sea. The captain stated…

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Submarines. American Steamer Sunk

Singleton Argus · Thursday 29 July 1915 · page 2

London, Tuesday.—A submarine sank the American steamer Leelanaw (1924 tons), bound from Archangel to Belfast, with a cargo of flax. The crew…

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Steamer Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 7

The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company's steamer leaves Newcastle for Sydney, awaits the arrival of the train leaying Maitland at 10.10 p.m.., and leaves for…

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Rescued at Sea. Plight of Schooner's Crew

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 4

Rescued from their waterlogged derelict after they had been four days without food and water, the captain and crew of six of the schooner Lizzie B. Wiley, which sailed on…

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Rescued at Sea. Plight of Schooner's Crew

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 4
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Rescued from their waterlogged derelict after they had been four days without food and water, the captain and crew of six of the schooner Lizzie B. Willey, which sailed on…

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Large Steamer Purchase. German Capital Suspected. Washington

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 5

The Untied States Government has agreed to register eleven foreign hull steamers bought for Richard Wagner's American and Trans-Atlantic Company. It is reported that…

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Steamer Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 July 1915 · page 10

The Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company's steamer leaves Newcastle for Sydney, awaits the arrival of the train…

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Rescued at Sea. Plight of Schooner's Crew

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 31 July 1915 · page 4

Rescued from their waterlogged derelict after they had been four days without food and water, the captain and crew of six of the schooner Lizzie B. Willey, which sailed on…

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Chicago Steamer Disaster. Chicago

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 31 July 1915 · page 5

It is officially reported that at the inquest on the victims of the Eastland disaster the verdict named the hand officials of the company owing the steamer, the…

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Submarines. American Steamer Sunk. London, July 27

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 July 1915 · page 2

A Washington message states that American opinion is greatly shocked by the torpedoing of the Leelanaw, as it is considered to be a case similar to the steamer Frye, for…

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Terrible Disaster. Picnic Steamer Overturns. 1336 Persons Drowned. Chicago, July 24

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 31 July 1915 · page 7

The steel steamer Eastland. [?]2rs tons, belonging to the Eastland Navigation Company, white crowded with picnickers, capsized in the Chicago River…

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Norwegian Steamer. Sunk by Submarine. Copenhagen, Aug. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 August 1915 · page 6

A submarine sank the Norwegian steamer Trondhjem (606 tons). The crew of 39 were landed…

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New U Vessel. Wrecked on Trial Trip. Copenhagen, Aug. 2

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 August 1915 · page 5

A new German submarine was wrecked while on her trial trip on the 24th ultimo, near Kiel, Twelve of the crew were drowned…

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Mail Steamer Delayed. Mishap to Mach1nj2ky

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 August 1915 · page 8

As a result of a mishap to her machinery, the R.M.S. Malwa, which arrived at Fremantle on Monday from eastern States, has suffered delay in cage R??ds…

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