Robbery on a Steamer. Sydney
During the voyage of the Moldavia to Australia, Australian mails were tampered with and a quantity of the contents stolen…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915
46 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 3
British Steamer Torpedoed
A German submarine torpedoed the British steamer Durward, 1300 tons off Cape Hook, Holland. The crew were saved…
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The Sweedish steamer Drott struck a mine in the Gulf of Bothnia, and five of the crew perished…
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The steamer Gambank, 3112 tons, was torpedoed off Holyhead by a German submarine, and sank. Four persons were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Norwegian Steamer Strikes a Mine
A Norwegian tank steamer struck a mine off the coast of Dover, but was able to continue her voyage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WAR. Spanish Steamer Lost. Saturday, 11.30 a.m
It is stated that a life-boat was picked up off the Goodwin Sands, belonging to the Spanish steamer Horacio, which left Bilboa over a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Steamer Sunk. a Turkish Tale. Serious Situation in Syria. Sydney, Monday 7.35 a.m
The British steamer Canbark, 3112 tons, was torpedoed off Holyhead by a German submarine, and sank. Four persons were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →The War Fighting in the West. Norwegian Steamer Torpedoed. Austrians Evacuate Mamornitza. Sydney, Wednesday 1.4 p.m
An Amsterdam report states that a Zeppelin, with a dozen aeroplanes, was seen crossing the North Sea. It is believed in Paris that the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The War Spanish Steamer's Fate. Big German Submarines. the Russian Retirement. Is Czernowitz Evacuated. Sydney, Saturday 7.25 a.m
A lifeboat has been picked up at the Goodwin Sands, from the Spanish steamer Horacio, which left Bilboa over a week ago for Hartlepool…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →The Latest. the Maloja Incident. Germany and America. Steamer Oakby Submarined. Regin Disaster Arouses Norway. Sydney, Thursday 1.14. p.m
Particulars of the Maloja adventure while steaming up the Channel show that it was a British auxilliary cruiser that fired the shots, but used only…
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The steamer, D[?]ftford, foundered off Scarborough, and sank in seven minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Steamer's Narrow Escape. Tuesday Evening
The Australian mail steamer Maloja, with 400 passengers on board, on entering the English Channel on Saturday was ordered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Sinks Submarine. Russians Resuming Offensive Austrian Attack Unsuccessful. Sydney, Wednesday 7.35
The captain of the Norwegian steamer Thordis claims to have sunk a German submarine near Beachy Head The submarine was sighted forty…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The War Another Steamer Gone. German Train Blown Up. Wearing the Enemy Out. the Lost Russian Army. Sydney, Friday 7.45 a.m
The British steamer Western Court, 1166 tons, was blown up and sunk off Beachy Head. The crew were saved. This makes eight British, three…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →In South Africa. German Steamer Seydlitz. Sydney
General Smuts, in moving the second reading of the Indemnity Bill in the South African Parliament, emphasised the fact that the rebellion,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →More Steamers Sunk. German Zeppelin Brought Down. German Hydo-aeroplane Wrecked. Sydney, Monday 8.38 a.m
The Swedish steamer Hanna was sunk off Scarborough. Six were lost and many killed by explosion. An officer states that he saw the torpedo…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German Steamer Caught
The German steamer Macedonis, which escaped from Lm Palmas, according to the "Dail Mail," has been recaptured by a British cruiser…
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The British steamer Leewarden was torpedoed near Maas Lightship. The crew were given five minutes to take to the boats…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Germans Capture Swedish Steamer
A Swedish steamer, grain laden, from La Plata to Stockholm, was captured by the Germans…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PRZEMSYL. After the Fall.—Plies of Dead and Wreckage
The outskirts of Przemsyl are one vast cemetery, where 40,000 dead are buried. Piles of corpses and abandoned guns, and heaps of wreckage of armonred trains,…
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