TORPEDOED. Sleep and Boarding Steamer
London, Tuesday.—The Admiralty announces that the mine-sweeping sloop Arbutus was torpedoed and foundered in severe weather. The commander,…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918
160 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 8
Commandeered Steamer. West Australian Protest
The West Australian Premier (Mr Lefroy) has made an emphatic protest to the Prime Minister against the commandeering by the Federal Government…
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San Francisco has received wireless S.O.S. calls from the Japanese steamship Shinyo Maru, somewhere in the Pacific. The message says that the ship is on fire…
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The Premier of Wostern Australia (Mr. Lefroy) has made an emphatic protest to the Prime Minister against the commandeering by the Federal…
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Mr. Alec. Cameron, of Eden, has taken to Bega a portion of the outer casing of a mine which recently exploded on the rocks near Black Head, 30 miles south of Eden…
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The steamship Namoi is announced to leave the steamer's wharf, Newcastle at midnight to-morrow (Sunday) at the usual fares…
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San Francisco has received wireless S.O.S. calls from the Japanese steamship Shinyo Maru, somewhere in the Pacific. The message says that the ship is on fire…
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WHEN Hector Campbell rose from the ground…
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London, Sunday.—It is reported from Paris that a submarine torpedoed a British steamer of 4190 tons in the Mediterranean, which sank in three…
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Lloyds report that the steamer [?] has been missing since the beginning of November. A number of bodies supposed to be…
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The [?] destroyers on the night of January 12 were totally wrecked on the coast of Scotland in a violent gale…
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"The Times" correspondents at Rotterdam says that German submarines threaten the great liner Niew Amsterdam (17,149 tons) which came from America under an agreement…
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Lloyds report that the steamer Ugendi has been missing since the beginning of November. A number of bodies, supposed to be…
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"The Times" correspondent at Rotterdam says that German submarines threaten the great liner Niew Amsterdam (17,149 tons, which came from America under an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →S.O.S. SIGNALS. Steamer Loses Lifeboats. (Australian Cable Assn. Message.) Portland (O.), Thursday Night
Incoming vessels report having picked up "5.0.5." from the steamer Baykerran. She reported having lost her lifeboats…
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The Admiralty announces that two British destroyers on the night of January 12 were totally wrecked on the coast of Scotland in a violent gale…
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The survivors of the Cunard liner. Andania were landed in a coast town of Antrim, Ireland. The majority of the crew were in a pitlable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Mackay Disaster. Sugar Mills Wrecked Scenes of Destruction. Gladstone
Mr. Peele, manager of North Eton [?] who resides 22 miles from Mackay, has [?]ed Gladstone. In the course of an[?] view, he stated that the mill buildings…
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The coastal steamer Bollinger narrowly escaped being wrecked while crossing the Bollinger River bar from sydney on Friday morning. A heavy sea struck her just as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wrecked Zeppelin. Air Expert's Impressions
The air expert of the "Chicago Daily News," who visited the wrecked Zeppelin at Bourbonneles-Bains, France, communicated the following account of his impressions to Reuter's…
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