British Steamer Sunk. Four Men Killed. London
The Eavestone, a Liverpool steamer of 1858 tons, has been sunk. The Admiralty reports that the survivers state that the ship was sunk by shellfire from a submarine…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917
205 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 11
Steamer Port Adelaide Sunk. Captain Made Prisoner. (Australian Cable Message Assn.) London, Tuesday Night
The steamer Port Adelaide has been sunk. The captain was made a prisoner. A Dutch steamer picket up the crew and passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Schooner Wrecked. All, Hands Safe
The schooner Success, loaded with 1000 bags of wheat, from Balgowan, and bound to Port Adelaide, on Wednesday night, at about 9 o'clock, struck a reef off Troubridge Hill, and sank…
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The Spanish steamer Dosdenoveimbre has been sunk, and one of the crew was drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →German Steamer Scuttled. Vancouver
A message from Charleston states that the German steamer Lievenfels, which has been tied up since the war started, began slowly sinking, and apparently had been scuttled…
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London, Thursday:—The Danish steamer Lars Kruse, which was carrying maize from Buenos Ayres for the Belgian Relief Committee, was going to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Seventeen Vessels Sunk. One American Schooner. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Thursday Night
Seven vessels were reported submarined to-day. They include the Swedish Variang, 2167 tons; British Vedamore, 6330 tons; Saxonian, 4855…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Steamer Sunk. Four Men Killed. London
The Eavestone, a Liverpool steamer of 1858 tons, has been sunk. The Admiralty reports that the survivors state that the ship was sunk by shellfire from a submarine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Steamer Sunk. Housatonic Torpedoed. Full Warning Given. London
The steamer Housatonic was submarined at noon in the Seillies. The crew was rescued by a British steamer. WASHINGTON, Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Norwegian Steamer Sunk. Fifteen Missing. London
The Norwegian steamer Solbakken has been sunk. One of the crew was drowned and another perished from cold. The boat containing the captain and fourteen of the crew…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Relief Steamer Sunk. Without Warning. Paris
The chief engineer, the sole survivor of the torpedoed Danish-Belgian relief steamer Larskruse has arrived. He says: "I was sleeping at the time of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Steamer Sunk. London
The United States steamer Lyman Law has been sunk in the Mediterranean. A message from Vancouver states that the United States Consul at Rome cables that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Relief Steamer Sunk. Without Warning. Paris
The chief engineer, the sole survivor of the torpedoed Danish-Belgian relief steamer Larskruse has arrived. He says: "I was sleeping at the time of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Company's Steamer. Taken Over By Admiralty. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Thursday Night
The chairman of the South-eastern Railway Company told the shareholders that the company's steamer Engadine, mentioned in Sir John Jellicoe's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Year's Wrecks
The annual report of wrecks on the New South Wales coast shows that 10 casualties resulted in 10 lives being lost. five small vessels founded and others were destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another German Claim. 8000-Ton Steamer. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) London, Tuesday Night
The Germans claim that, recent victims of their submarines include an 8200ton steamer, with a general merchandise cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Remarkable Escape. Mararoa Runs Ashore
The Mararoa, 250s tons, form Wellington, bound for [?] went ashore on [?] night in a dense fog at [?] between [?] Bay and Pencarrow Head. She…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collier Wrecked. the Crew Saved
Word was received in Sydney on Saturday that Messrs. J. Weston and J. John-stone's collor Yambacoona, 184 tons, had been wreeked near Tarrigal while on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Work-wreckers." Company Director's Warning
The chairman of directors, Mr. D. E. McBryde, M.L.C., at the half-yearly meeting of shareholders of the Broken Hill Proprietary in Melbourne said that apart from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Ashore. Entrance of the Manning River
The well-known coastal steamer Cooloon ran ashore at the entrance of the Manning River yesterday afternoon. it is [?] that she will become a total wreek. The crew…
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