Submarine. Sinks a Steamer. Fremantle, Dec. 18
On board the Arabia, which arrived at Fre-mantle, were the second Officer and the third and fourth engineers of a steamer which was sunk by a German submarine in the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916
279 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 14
Steamer Whakatane. Damaged in Collision London, Dec. 28
The New Zealand Shipping Company's Whakatane (5754 tons) has arrived at Graves and damaged. She reported being in collision in the Downs (North Sea)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Tragedy. P. AND O. Steamer Sunk. Heavy Loss of Life. London, Jan. 1
The P and O. Company's steamer Persia, bound from Bombay, was sunk on Thursday. Most of the assengers and crew were lost. A Reuter's message from Washington says…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attacked Steamer. Story of Escape. London
Reuter interviewed Rev. Mortimer, a missionary, who was a passenger on board the steamer City of Marseilles when it was attacked by a submarine in the Mediterrancean…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greek Steamer. Fire at Sea. London
The Tangirer a Greek steamer from Salonika, Inden with iron for Glasgow, was seen near Tarina enveloped in flames. it is believed that the crow of four hundred were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Explosion. Pro-germans Suspected. New York
An explosion took place on the oil tank steamer Aziec in Brooklyn dock. One person was killed, about twenty injured, and eighteen are missing. The disaster is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sea Tragedy P. and O. Steamer Persia Torpedoed. Great Loss of Life
London, Saturday.—The P. and O, Company's steamer Persia, bound for Bombay, was sunk on Thursday. Most of the passengers and crew were.lost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sea Tragedy. P. & O. Steamer Persia Torpedoed. Great Loss of Life. London
The P. and O Company's steamer Persia, bound for Bombay, was sunk on Thursday. Most of the passengers and crew were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attacked Steamer. Story of Escape. London
Reuter interviewed Rev. Mortimer, a missionary, who was a passenger on board the steamer City of Marseilles when it was attacked by a submarine in the Meditercancan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Greek Steamer. Fire at Sea. London
The Tangirer, a Greek steamer from Salonika, laden with iron for Glasgow, was seen near Tarina enveloped in flames. It is belleved that the crew of four hundred were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Explosion. Pro-germans Suspected. New York
An explosion took place on the oil tank steamer Aztec in Brooklyn dock. One porson was killed, about twenty injured, and eighteen are missing. The disaster is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Tragedy. P. AND 0. Steamer Sunk. Heavy Loss of Life. London, .Jan. 1
The P and O. Company's steamer Persia, bound from Bombay, was sunk on Thursday. Most of the passengers and crew were lost. A Reuter's message from Washington says…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Italian Steamer Mined. London
An Italian steamer was mined in the Adriatic. Two hundred people perished. A message from Cotigne says that the steamer carried 425…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Struck A. Mine. Italian Steamer Sinks
An Italian steamer struck a mine in the Adriatic and sank. Two hundred of the passengers and crew perished. It is reported from Cettigne that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chinese Revolt. Steamer's Adverture at Shanghai
The E. and A. liner St. Albans, which arrived at Sydney yesterday from Japan, via ports struck an exciting time at Shanghai, for she was there when the revolutionaries…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Daring Attempt. by British Steamer. Stockholm, Jan. 9
The British steamer Gitano (1179 tons), which had been in refuge at Norrkoping (Sweden) since the outbreak of war, slipped out on New Year's Day, followed by…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Earthquake at Rabaul. Houses Wrecked. a Causeway Disappears
Officers of the steamer Marsina, which arrived in Sydney yesterday from Rabaul, were able to supply further details of the earthquake which occurred in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Destroyer. Wrecked on Danish Coast. Copenhagen, Jan. 19
They German torpedo destroyer Unter has been wrecked on Acroo Island (Denmark). It is believed that the crew were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Sunk. Commonwealth Liner Marere. London, Jan. 30
The steamer Marere (6448 tons), owned by the Commonwealth and Demonlon Line Ltd., has been sunk. The crew was saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Sunk. Commonwealth Liner Marere
London, Thursday.—The steamer Marere (6443 tons), owned by the Commonwealth and Dominion Line Ltd., has been sunk…
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