On the Seas. a Merchant Cruiser Wrecked. German Reservists and Cargo Captured. Germans Hold Up a Swedish Boat With British Passengers. German Warships on the Russian Coast
The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 September 1914 · page 2
The Oceanic, an armed merchant cruiser, has been wrecked on the coast of Scotland. The officers and crew were saved…
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The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 2
The armed merchantman Oceanic Went ashore on the north of Scotland, and is a total Wreck. All hands were saved…
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The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 2
The British trawler Agatha sighted a derelict ship's lifeboat in the North Sea. It was secured and the Agatha commenced to tow it, but directly the strain…
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The Pastoral Times · Saturday 12 September 1914 · page 6
The British steamer Runo, 1679 tons, struck a floating mine 40 miles off Shields and was blown up. Two hundred out of 300 refugees on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Incidents of the War. Ghastly Freight on Wrecked Pontoons. Slaughter and Shrieks All Day Sicken Victorious Allies
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 September 1914 · page 2
A field [?] gunner relates a terrible struggle on September 6, when the German tried to cross the river. The British guns and and picked rifle shots commanded…
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The Independent · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 4
The German steamer Bethunia, 7458 s. with 400 prisoners aboard, has been [?]tured by a British warship and taken to [?]uaica. The Bethunia acted as store…
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The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 September 1914 · page 21
It is reported from Stockholm that a German destroyer sank the Finnish mail steamer Uleaborg, of 548 tons. The passengers were taken from the steamer by…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Battle of the Aisne Heavy Losses by Germans Vigorous Operations by Allies Negotiations for Peace Firm Speeches by British Ministers German Army at Bay. Murderous Fight for Road. Big Guns Stop Pursuit. Wreck Strewn Highway. London
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 21 September 1914 · page 2
Mr. Richard Harding Davis, the well-known American novelist and war correspondent, witnessed the end of the recent battle at Soissons, and he has supplied a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dutch Steamer Rescues 114 MEN. Lands 18 Wounded and 5 Dead AMSTERDAM
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 September 1914 · page 2
A Dutch steamer has landed 18 wounded and five dead from the sunken British cruisers. She had originally [?] survivors, but transferred the others to a British…
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The Independent · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 4
The captain of the steamer Beaver which has arrived at Astoria, Oregon, reports that the streamer Francis H. Leggett, 1.606 tons foundered during a terrific gale on Friday…
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The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 3
The New York correspondent of Le Matin" has sent a message to the effect that race rivarly was responsible for an affray on board the German steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dutch Steamer Captain's Graphic Narrative. London
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 2
The captain of the Dutch steamer Titan, which has arrived at Rotterdam, states that hen 30 miles from the coast he saw three British cruisers on the horizon. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Iduna Sunk. Rammed by German Cruiser. Sydney
The Independent · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 2
The Island steamer Idnna, belonging to the Bums, Philp Company, was rammed and sunk by a German warship while at anchor at anchor at Isluit in the Mershall [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rheims on Fire. the Wrecked Cathedral. Street After Street Burned. London
The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 25 September 1914 · page 6
The "Daily Mail" correspondent says the Rheims fire started on Saturday afternoon. At least 500 shells fell between early morning and sunset. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German Cruiser Sinks a Steamer. Rio De Janerio
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 26 September 1914 · page 5
The German cruiser Kroa Prinz Wilhelm rank the steamer indi Prince. The crew were landed at Santos…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Kairaki Wrecked. Auckland
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 September 1914 · page 3
A quantity of wreckage which has been washed ashore near Greymouth, N.Z., indicates that the steamer Kairaki has been wrecked that the voyage from Wellington…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late News European Was Mechlin Sombarded. Cathedral Wrecked. LONDON, September 29
The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 30 September 1914 · page 2
The town of Mechtin is being hom barded by the German, Ten ei[?] were killed any many wounded. Several persons were killed on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrific Gale on German Coast. Corpses of German Navalmen Washed Ashore. COPENILAGEN (Den.), Wed. Afternoon
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 1 October 1914 · page 2
The heaviest gale in living memory is sweeping Denmark and the German coast. Many bodies of German Jack lars have been washed ashore at Esbjerg…
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The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 October 1914 · page 18
The Norddeutscher-Lloyd liner, Kronprinz Wilhelm, now being used as an auxiliary cruiser, is reported from Ria de Janeiro to have sunk the British steamer…
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The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 October 1914 · page 38
Such wonderful feats in marine salvage can now be performed that it will be no surprise if the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Ireland, now lying sunk in the…
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