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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

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Dunster Castle Wreck Crew's Terrible Experience

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 July 1916 · page 6

Later information received in Perth (W.A.) respecting the wreak of the steamer Duster Castle shows that the vessel ran into a gale directly after leaving Esperance…

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British Steamer. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1916 · page 14

From a Lloyd's report it is believed that the Germans have captured the British two thousand ton steamer Pendennis…

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Dunster Castle Wreck Crew's Terrible Experience

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1916 · page 4

Later information received in pass (W.A.) respecting the wreck of the [?]er Dunster Castle shows that the vessel [?] into a gale directly after leaving [?]…

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The Kaiser. Amid the Wreckage. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 18 July 1916 · page 5

The "Times" correspondent at Amsterdam states that the Kaiser spent Sunday at the Somme and witnessed the battlefield. He had a prolonged interview with the Chiefs…

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Sinn Fein Riot. Recruiting Office Wrecked

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 July 1916 · page 2

London, Sunday.—One thousand Sinn Feiners who were disappointed at the [?]en-arrival of some released prisoners, paraded the streets of Cork on Friday,…

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Seized Steamer. Restored to Britain. Amsterdam

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 5

The German Government has ordered the release of the British steamer Adains, which was captured by a German destroyer in Swedish territorial waters…

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Steamer Collission. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 5

Lloyd's steamer Hochelaga, bound for Sydney, came into collision in the river St. Lawrence while being docked with the steamer Halifax, of Nova Scotia…

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Steamer Stuck in the Mud

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 4

For some time past, navigation in the Hunter River to Morpeth has been conducted at the risk of oven the shallow-draught boats of the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship…

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The Kaiser. Amid the Wreckage. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 14

The "Times" correspondent at Amsterdam states that the Kaiser spent Sunday at the Somme and witnessed the battlefield. He had a prolonged interview with the Chiefs…

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Zeppelin Wrecked

Singleton Argus · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 6

The Hague, Thursday.-It is reported in Cologne that the Russian guns wrecked a Zeppelin at Riga…

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Steamer Ashore

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 July 1916 · page 4

The steamer Five Islands went ashore the rocks near Botany Heads early the morning. As the vessel is in deep thin with a full cargo of coal it will probably…

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The Eastern Front. in the Lutsk Region. German Plants Wrecked. Great Russian Successes. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 July 1916 · page 5

Mr. Stanley Washburn, the "Times" correspondent on the Russian south-west front, says:—On the 24th, despite rain and heavy roads, the operations at Lutsk and Brody,…

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The Deutschland. Cleared for Sea. a Rude British Steamer. New York

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 5

The deutschland cleared for sea this ovening, but the captain said the exact time of his department was indefinite. The Coli[?]tor of Customs granted Captain Koening…

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German Steamer Sunk. (Australian Cable Association.) London, Thursday Night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 29 July 1916 · page 6

The Novel Deutscher Lloyd's steanner Norderney has been sunk off Ancona, in the Adriatic Sen…

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Steamer Mined. All Passengers Saved. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 August 1916 · page 6

The "Times" correspondent at Flushing reports that Captain Reedwer says the email-boat Willhlmian was mined under the [?] room at 9.35 in the morning. The…

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General News. British Steamer Lost. Vanouver, Tuesday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 August 1916 · page 5

The British steamer Ecnador was lost off Portllice through a bellor explosion, in which 20 were killed…

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Dutch Steamer Sunk. London

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 August 1916 · page 5

The Dutch steamer Zeeland has been sunk…

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Fight With. Submarine. British Steamer's Encounter. (Australian Cable Association.) London, Tuesday Night

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 August 1916 · page 2

News has come from Montreal that the British steamer Clodmore, which arrived there, reports having had a battle with a Hun submarine in the…

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Channel Steamer Mined. All Passengers Saved. London

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 August 1916 · page 6

The "Times" correspondent at Flushing reports that Captain Reedwer says the mail-boat was mined under the mess room at 9.35. in the morninmg the…

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Chinese for France. Steamer Empires Trip

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 11 August 1916 · page 4

The E. and A. mail steamer Eastern brought back to Sydney yesterday some of the o[?]cers of the steamer Empire, which was recently sold by the company to English buyers…

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