Wreck of Rheims Cathedral. BORDEAUX
It is officially stated that the roofing of Reims cathedral was burned. The stained glass windows were broken in the upper part. The northern tower…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914
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Unsinkable Lifeboat
Novel life-saving apparatus is carried by the steamer Recto, which arrived at Dover recently from Norway. Slung, from her davits is to be seen a lifeboat,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Unsinkable Lifeboat
Novel-life-saving apparatus is carried by the steamer “Recto,” which arrived at Dover recently from Norway. Slung from her davits is to seen a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Strikes Mine
The British steamer Selby struck a mine in the North Sea and sank. All the crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Washed Ashore. Rescued by Aborigines. Darwin
Waslged ashore after having spent ten hours in the water as a sequel to a small boat being swamped, a man named Hebu was found on Friday by a party of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another British Steamer Strikes a Mine
The British steamer, Dawda, while travelling from Hull to Antwerp, struck a mine and sank immediately. Eight survivors were brought to Ostend. Nine of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Cruiser in the Pacific. The Leipzig Sinks a Steamer
The German cruiser, Leipzig, sank the steamer Bankfielder, which carried half a million dollars' worth of sugar. The crew were landed at Callao…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Steamer Lost
The British steamer Dawdon, bound from Hull to Antwerp, struck a German mine in the North Sea, and sank. Eight members of the crow were, picked up and…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →British Steamer Sunk
The German cruiser Leipzig has sunk the British steamber Bankfields, of 3763 tons. The steamer's cargo consisted of sugar of a value of 500,000 dollars (£100,000). The…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →British Steamer Lost
The British steamer Ardtloydt, while on a voyage from Dover—to Zeebriigge, the port of Bruges, struck a mine and foundered. All on board were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Eastern War Theatre. Przemysl Besieged. Heavy Guns Wreck Forts. London
Advices from Petrograd state that the Russian heavy artillery is maintaining a ceaseless bombardment of the Galfeian fortress of Przemysl The forts are being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mother's Brain-wrecking Sorrow. London
A nurse in France tells a story of poignant misery. A mother visited her son, who was comfortably tucked in bed, with his head wrapped in bandages. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Beautiful Belfry Wrecked
During the Germany bombardment, of Arras, 120 miles north of Paris, the belfry of the beautiful Gothic Hotel-de-ville (town hal1), which is 246ft. in height, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Convent Wrecked
The Ursuline Convent at Londerzeel, near Malines (20 miles south of Antwerp), where 56 nuns were nursing hundreds of wounded soldiers, has been shelled by the Germans…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →British Warship Sinks German Steamer. Melbourne
The following cable message relating to the war has been received by the Minister of External Affairs From the High Commissioner's Office; London Thursday. 5.10…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blizzard Sweeps Cities and Lakes. Seventeen Vessels Wreck. Ed and 100 Lives Lost
One of the worst bilizzards ever experienced in November has swept America from Mississipi to the Atlantic, practically isolating…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Australia. a German Steamer Captured at New Guinea
The Minister for Defence has received the following message from the Administrator at Rabaul:—"I commissioned the lieutenant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lifeboat with Human Motor
A lifeboat driven by a propeller which is worked by the crew, the invention of Mr. Winzer, was tried recently in the Surrey, Commercial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Irish Steamer Sunk in North Sea. Torpedoer Rescues Crew. LONDON
An English steamer saw the Irish steamer Cormorant sink in the North Sea. It is supposed she struck a mine. The captain of the English steamer believes a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Coal Mines Wrecked
The Germans, states the "Daily Telegraph," are creating havoc in the coal mines of Northern France, evidently wreaking their vengeance before…
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