The War Steamer Submarined. Sydney, Monday 8.12 a.m
A Paris message states that the enemy torpedoed a British steamer in the Mediterranean. The vessel sank in three minutes. The…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918
26 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 1 of 2
Miscellaneous Your Own Lifeboat
"Carry your own lifeboat," is the motto of an Italian inventor, G. Piperno, who has visited England with what is probably the most ambitions…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late War News. the Russian Situation. Trotsky Spars for Wind. Steamer Survives Torpedo London
A Petrograd message says Arthur Ransome telegrahps insisting the position of the Bolvheviks is critical. A conference of Soviets discussed the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Missing Schooner. Not Heard of for Fortnight. Sydney
Considerable anxiety is felt for the safety of the schooner Orete, which left Maryborough on January 16 for Mackay, and has not since been heard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Shipwreck 12 Lives Lost. Heroic Rescue Work. Sydney
A Vancouver message says that heroic rescuers saved 35 lives from the steamer Florizel, which was wrecked on the Newfoundland coast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Orete Wreck
The full story of the wreek of the Orete by the sole survivor of that illfated vessel came to hand through Caaptain Brown, of the steamer Timoru,…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →OVERDUE. The Steamer Dolphin. Sydney
Considerable anxiety is felt for the safety of the steamer Dolphin, which left Southern Queensland a week ago for Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest War News. Sydney, Tuesday. Zeppelin Factory Wrecked
A message from Zurich states that a zeppelin factory and workmen's dwellings at Maneell, near Frederickshaven, were destroyed by fire…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Film Sensation. Attempt to Wreck a Local Show a Former Partner Concerned. Charges of Bribery Alleged. Some Sensational Evidence
The postponed case in which Philip Mulcahy was charged with having stolen four recls of biograph films, valued at £100, in the dwelling of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late Wires. Australian Steamer Ashore Sydney
The Burns, Philp steamer "Makama" is ashore at Lord Howe Island. A salvage plant has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Sunk. Between Auckland and Sydney 41 Persons Missing
On Friday the Navy Department issued the following statement: 'Early on the morning of the 26th inst., the steamer Wimmera, on a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wimmera Wreck. Sydney
Thirty-one additional person's have been rescued from the Wimmera. About 25 are presumed to be lost, of whom 8 are passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late Wires. Australian steamer Sunk Only Eight Saved Sydney
The Australian cargo steamer " Southborough " was torpedoed and sunk in European waters. There were only eight survivors,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Your Own Lifeboat
"Carry your own lifeboat," is the motto or an Italian inventor, G. Piperno, who has visited England with what is probably the most ambitious…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The War. Enemy Resisting Desperately Explosion at Karlsruhe. Steamer Australien Sunk. Czecho-slovaks Recognition. Sydney, Thursday 8.40 a.m
General Rawlinson's army is meeting with desperate resistance east of Chaulnes. The British have gained ground east…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →New Federal Motor Schooner
Five hundred tons of steel plate for ship building have arrived by the new Federal motor schooner "Cethana," also supplies of newspaper…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Honey Barred. Steamer Ordered Back to Port
stopped by wireless, after leaving Sydney and ordered to put into port. She was searched, when a hundred tons of honey were found aboard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late Telegrams. Steamer Torpedoed SYDNEY
The Navy Department reports that the steamer 'Tasman', belonging to the Royal Dutch Packet Company, and requisitioned by the British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Lost in Collision
The Elder Dempster's steamer Burutu has been lost in a collision. One hundred and fifty persons are missing,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Telegrams. Steamer Quarantined. Sydney
The steamer Charon, which has arrived at Broome from Singapore, had influenza aboard and was ordered to be quarantined at Ficemantle…
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