Miscellaneous Your Own Lifeboat
"Carry your own lifeboat," is the motto of an Italian inventor, G. Piper[?], who has visited England with what is probably the most ambitions…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mid North Coast · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918
24 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 2
Dutch Shipping. It's Seizure by the Allies: an Act of Violence. Dutch Steamer Taken Over. London
The Dutch Government describes the seizure of Dutch shipping as an act of violence which the Government will oppose with all the energy of its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →U-boat Menace. Fight with a Submarine. American Steamer Escapes. Washington
The American steamer. El Occideute for twenty minutes had a sensational fight with two submarines in European waters. She smashed the Periscope of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General News Lifeboat War Service
The noble part played in war service by the hardy fishermen who man the lifeboats round the British coasts was emphasised in the annual survey of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Torpedoed. Y.m.c.a. Steamer Sunk
The Y.M.C.A. bessel Oronsa (8075 tons) has been sunk. She was a Canadian steamer and had 265 aboard, of whom 110 were passengers, including…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wrecking Hun Balloons an Amusing Incident
The observation balloons are the first object of an attack whenever an advance movement is contemplated or in fuel when any other Important…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →1857. the Wreck of the Dundar
We are in receipt of two copies of the "Empire" of September 10th and 11th, 1857, from Mrs. Bert Page, Dungog, and the two issues are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Refloated. Sydney
The steamer Makambo, which was refloated at Lord Howe Island, arrived in Sydney to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New Steamer Launched. Sydney
The new steamer Coraki, built to the order of Langley Bros. for coastal trade, was launched at Drake's Yards, Balmain, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News of the World. Irony of Fate. Submarine Torpedo Misses Steamer. Blows Up Another Submarine. London
Officers of a British steamer which has arrived at an Atlantic port state that they were attacked by two submarines. One fired a torpedo, which missed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Schooner in Trial Bay
The 3-masted auxiliary American schooner "The Gilbert Island," of 245 tons' register, entered Trial Bay last night, where she is at present anchored…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spanish Steamer Sunk. Athens
A Spanish steamer carrying Devega, the Spanish Minister, to Greece, was submarined, although Germany had been notified that the Minister was sailing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Wrecked. SYDNEY
The steamer Himitongi has been totally wrecked at Chatham Islands, near New Zealand. The passengers and crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A River Wreck
The mast by day and the danger signal by night in the river abreast of east Kempsey wharf, show where between twelve and one last…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Cables Australian Hospital Steamer Sunk
"The Times" states thai the Australian ambulance steamer Warhilia has been sunk with eight hundred aboard, including six hundred wounded. Over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Welcome Home. to Rev. Father O'neill, C.p. Experience on a Steamer
On Friday morning last a very pleasing ceremony took place at St. Joseph's Convent School, Smithtown, when a welcome was tendered to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Aground. Bellinger Springs a Leak. Beached at South West Rocks
On Sunday afternoon the steamer Bollinger, of 240 tons gross and 125 tons nett, was bound from the Nambucca to Sydney, with about 60,000 feet of saw[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Repatriation Wrecks
The Government of this State seems to have been very successful with its repatriation work so far. Otherwise there is solid common sense in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wrecked Bellinger
Salvage operations on the cargo and fittings of the Bellinger, which was wrecked on the beach at South West Rocks, on Sunday, 15th inst., have made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Japanese Steamer Torpedoed
The steamer Hirano Maru has been torpedoed. Three hundred persons were lost…
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