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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Shipwrecks & the sea
62 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 3 of 4
News reached Sydney this morning of the sinking of Burns Philp's island trading steamer Induna, which was rammed by a German warship, while…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The island steamer Iduna entered Jaluit, in the Marshall Islands, and was unaware of the war and the officers and crew were seized as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Since the tragedy of the Titanic hundreds of ideas and inventions have been brought before shipping companies and the Board of Trade…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →I was brought down by Kidney Disease so that I could not raise myself from my bed, being as weak as a baby. The pain in the back…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The British steamer Southport has arrived in Moreton Bay from the Carolines. She was captured by the Germans but escaped. The Germans…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The British steamer Selby struck a mine in the North Sea, and sank. The crew were saved. The Antwerp forts are being…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The British steamer Seby struck a mine in the North Sea and sank. The crew were saved. Antwerp forts are being shelled by…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Belgians vigorously repulsed several attacks by the Germans at Crossings along the Yser river, east of Dunkirk…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →The Swedish steamer Alice struck a mine in the North Sea and foundered. Most of the crew were saved. The steamer Shiraz, while flying a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is officially announced that Nieuport has been violently bombarded, and the German effort continues on the Nieuport-Dixmude front, with the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The hospital ship Robillas, 7409 to as, was wrecked in a gale off Whitby. Several of the crew were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In a recent engagement between the French cruiser Waldeek Rousseau and two Austrian sub-marines in the Adriatic the latter were sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →A fire occurred on the steamer Norfork, which was beached on the Ninety-mile Beach. It did considerable damage, and there is very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Australian cruiser Sydney engaged the cruiser Emden north of the Cocos Islands. The Emden was driven ashore and burnt early on…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The steamer Uralla, bound from Townsville to Sydney, passed Double Point and reported that the cargo in her after hold is on firer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The announcement was made by Minister for Defence on Tuesday that he had received a cable message from the Commander on the China Station…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Emden was driven ashore and burnt early on Monday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As one moves day after day about this region which has been, and still is, so harried by war, it is a never-ending surprise to see how much of the peaceful life of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →It is believed is official circles that Italy will abandon her neutrality at an early date. Everything points to her taking action against Austria…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →A fire, involving all the cargo, has broken out on Board the German steamer Albany, from Australia, which was interned at Sicily…
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