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Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

27 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 2

Another British Steamer Sunk. the Persia's Missing. Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 3

A casualty list published to-day contains the names of 14 officers and 518 men, of whom ton officers and 447 men are ill. One officer was killed, in…

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Zeppelin Wrecked

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 2

Amsterdam reports state that a Zeppelin fouled the telegraph wires and was wrecked…

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A Steamer Overdue Sydney

Forbes Times · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 2

The steamer Clan McTavish, from Sydney to London, with a large cargo of wool, is overdue. Heavy roinsurances have been paid…

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Steamer Blown Up

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 4

The British steamer Westburn, which arrived at Teneriffe with a prize crew, believed to be from the German raider Moewe, has…

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Steamer Mysteriously Damaged

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 4

The steamer Tennyson, bound from Buenos Ayies to New York, arrived at Marranhao, seriously damaged by an explosion in the…

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Steamer Mined. Passengers Lost. Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 4

The P. & O. mail steamer Malojn, on route from England to Bombay, was mined and sunk off Dover. Thero were 140 passengers aboard…

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Steamer Sunk. Sydney

The Forbes Advocate · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 2

The British steamer City of Lucknow has been sunk. Owing to the hostility of the advocates of compulsion and…

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America Pull Op Spies. 3,000 Hun Agents of Treachery. Gangs of Wreckers

The Grenfell Record and Lachlan District Advertiser · Friday 5 May 1916 · page 5

The authorities believe they have identified the man Fay (who was arrested some time ago on suspicion of being engaged in a plot to wreck ships and…

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Big Steamer Sinking In the Atlantic. Sydney

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 10 May 1916 · page 2

The White Star liner "Cyramic" 13,000 tons, is reported sinking in the Atlantic…

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A Steamer Returns to Port. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 4

The steamer Lovuka, bound for Fiji returned to port last, night with its port engine showing a defect. Repairs are unden way…

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How to Avoid a Wreck

Cowra Free Press · Wednesday 21 June 1916 · page 2

A tiny leak in a big ship can easily be stopped, if taken in time, but if disregarded it will overcome the mightiest vessel and drag her beneath…

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The Arab Revolt. Germans Capture a Steamer. Russians Over-running Bukovina. Monday, 11.45 a.m

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 28 June 1916 · page 2

The German Fleet at Zeebrugge has been reinforced, and now includes 23 destroyers. The Pope has appealed to…

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German Steamer Sunk

Forbes Times · Tuesday 11 July 1916 · page 4

A Russian submarine sank a German steamer, the Dirita, in the Baltic. The crew have been laaded in Sweden…

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German Steamer Sunk Monday, 10 a.m

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Wednesday 12 July 1916 · page 2

A Russian submarine sank the German steamer Dorlta in the Baltic. The crew were landed…

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A Stranded Steamer. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 4

The steamer Marsina arrived in harbour yesterday. She had been on a coral reef at the entrance of the Steffanie Straits, between New Ireland…

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Zeppelin Wrecked

The Wyalong Advocate and Mining, Agricultural and Pastoral Gazette · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 4

It is reported from Colongue that Russian guns wrecked a Zeppelin at Riga…

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Submarine Ruthlessness. Steamer v. PIRATE

Forbes Times · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 3

The British steamer Clodmoor, which has arrived at London, reports an exciting battle with a German submarine in the Mediterranean. Particulars are…

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Famous Wreck Recalled

Forbes Times · Tuesday 22 August 1916 · page 2

It was 59 years ago on (Sunday since the Dunbar was wrecked at the Gap, South Head, Sydney. The disaster still stands us the most awful that has yet…

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Wreck Disappeared

Forbes Times · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 5

The Federal Shire liner, Devon, which ended her career on the rocks at the entrance to Wellington Heads (N.Z.) three years ago, has now finally…

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An Overdue Steamer. Sydney

Forbes Times · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 5

The Federal steamer Strathendrick is overdue at Melbourne from Adelaide. Uneasiness in expressed at the delay, an heavy weather prevailed on the…

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