Steamer Cumberland Damaged. Explosions in the Hold
The Navy Office announces that the steamer Cumberland, which left Sydney on Thursday last, the 5th instant, on her voyage to England, was seriously…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917
205 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 11
Disastrous Explosion. Wreck of the Cumberland
Further particulars regarding the disaster to the steamer cumberland have been supplied by the Navy office. It appears that when the explosion first…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Salvage Operations. of the Steamer Cumberland
Where the steamer Cumberland grounded on an even keel on Friday at Gabe Island, there is 35 ft, of water and the spot had a good deal of shelter. Four tugs are on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →TORPEDOED. U.S. Steamer. Loss £1,000,000. VANCOUVER
The United States steamer Kansan has been submarined. The loss is estimated at £1,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Nyora Wreck. Thrilling Narrative. Sydney
Seaman Lansley one of the two survivors of the tug Nyora gives a thrilling narrative of his experience. He stated that the waves were mountains high. They repeatedly broke…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer of Fire. London
The steamer Ohilka, bound to Rangoon from Madras, was abandoned on fire. There were 1700 passenger aboard, and it is feared that there was many fatalities…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Damaged. Explosions in the Hold
The Navy Office announces that the steamship Cumberland, which left Sydney on Thursday last, the 5th instant, on her voyage to England, was seriously damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Sunk. Mails Lost. London, Thursday night
The Mongara, from Australia has been sunk. The mails were lost The Mongara was a twin-screw steel steamer of 8205 tons, built in 1914, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Explosion. Wreck of the Cumberland
Further particulars regarding the disaster to the steamer Cumberland have been supplied by the Navy Office. It appeals thai when the explosion first"…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →American Schooner Sunk. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.)
New York, Sunday Night. It is reported that an American schooner has been sunk by a U-boat in the Mediterranean…
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Reuter's Rangoon correspondent states that there are no further authentic particulars of the chilka, which on the 12th of July a passenger states took fire in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Von Bissing's Conscience." "A Nervous Wreck."
It has been stated of late that the late General Von Bissing was not wholly responsible for the murder of Edith Cavell, and that some, if not all, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Gruesome Wreckage. Trawler Picks up Skull. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
While the trawler Gunnundaal was at work on Botany Bay yesterday, the trawl picked up a human, skull with portion of the wreckage of a wooden…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Von Bissing's Conscience. "A Nervous Wreck."
It has been stated of late that the late General Von Bissing was not wholly responsible for the murder of Edith Cavell, and that some, if…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Afire. London
Reuter's Rangoon correspondent states that there are no further authentic particulars of the Chilka, which on the 12th of July, a passenger states, took fire in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer on Fire. London
The steamer Ohilka, bound to Rangoon from Madras, was abandoned on fire. There were 1700 passengers aboard, and it is feared that there were many fatalities…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Steamer Cumberland
The ,work of' repairing the steamer Cumberland is peari[?] completed.It is expected that the vossel will be re-flonted oarly naxt week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dutch Steamer. Seized by Huns. Amsterdam
Three German hydroplanes held on a Dutch steamer on a trip from England to Rotterdam a mile outside neutral waters. put a German officer aboard, and took the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Bomb Plot. London
The—"Times" correspondent at Christiania reports that during the unloading of a steamer from Bombay America bombs were discovered. The nefarious scheme miscarried…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Month Overdue. U.S.S. Co.'s Steamer. (By Cable.) Wellington (N.Z.)
There is no news of the Union Company's steamer now a month overdue at her destination. The steamer had a wireless…
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