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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914

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German Shops in London Wrecked. London

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 6

Last night violent mobs at Camberwell and Deptford, districts of London, attacked and wrecked a dozen German shops…

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British Gunboat Ashore. LONDON, Friday Afternoon

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 5

The casualties on the British Monitor Severn, which returned to England the other day with seven wounded aboard, were due to a gun accident on board…

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British Cruiser Block Traitor Coal Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 24 October 1914 · page 5

The steamer Lowther Grange, bound, ostensibly for Australia, was stopped by a British cruiser and taken to Esquimault, on suspicion of having coal on board for…

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Swedish Steamer Sunk in the North Sea

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 October 1914 · page 2

The Swedish steamer Alice struck a [?] in the North Sea and foundered. The bulk of the crew was saved…

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Australian Mail Steamer Leaking. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 October 1914 · page 2

The Australian mail steamer ophir is leaking in the aft hold. The injury is attributed to the liner striking the wreck of a steamer…

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Second Edition "Border Morning Mail" Office, 4.30 a.m. Disaster to Steamer Carrying Refugees. Wild Scenes During Rescue Work. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 28 October 1914 · page 3

A steamer conveying Belgian refugees struck a mine off Boulogne. In the panic that ensued 30 refugees were drowned, and the remainder were brought to England in…

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Trawler Rescues 30 Survivors From Sinking Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 29 October 1914 · page 2

The steamer Manchester Commerce encountered a mine laid by the Germans, off the north coast of Ireland, and foundered. Fourteen were drowned…

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British Gunboat Ashore

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 19

The British gunboat Dryad has gone ashore on the north coast of Scotland. The crew has been saved…

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The Menace of Mines. A Belgian Steamer Wrecked. Two Thousand Refugees Rescued

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 1

A Belgian steamship, the Admiral Ganteume, which was carrying refugees, struck a mine off Boulogne, and sank. A later telegram states that after the…

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Channel Disaster. Crowded Steamer Sunk. 30 Belgians Drowned. Rescue of 2000 Refugees

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 30 October 1914 · page 6

The French passenger steamer Am[?]al Ganteaume, a vessel of 4500 tons, [?]belonging to the fleet of the Char[?]geurs Reunis, has been wrecked in…

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Steamer Strikes Mine

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 31 October 1914 · page 6

The steamer Admiral Gauteaune, carrying Belgian refugees, struck a mine off Boulogne. Women because panic stricken and many men and women…

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British Hospital Ship Wrecked. Several Lives Lost

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 2 November 1914 · page 2

The hospital ship Robilla has been wrecked in a gale at Whitby, on the York shire coast, Several of these on board were drowned, but all the nurses have…

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Wreck of the Rohilla

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 3 November 1914 · page 2

the loss of life entailed by the wreck of the British hospital ship Rohilla has not been so heavy as was first feared, when 100 souls were abandoned to the…

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Mines Driven Ashore

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 6

A gale has driven a number of powerful German mines ashore at Northumberland…

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Hospital Ship Wrecked. Serious Loss of Life

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 November 1914 · page 21

The British hospital ship Rohilla has been wrecked on the Yorkshire coast, with serious loss of life. The Rohilla was bound from Queensferry (in the Firth of…

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Steamer on Fire. Between Wilson's Promontory and Gabo Island. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 November 1914 · page 2

The steamer Norfolk 6000 tons, belonging to the Federal line, which was on route from New York to Sydney via Melbourne, was reported to be on fire…

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Recent Wreck of the Rohilla

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 November 1914 · page 2

Giving evidence at the inquest held into the deaths of the victims of the shipping disaster on the Yorkshire coast, last week, whom the hospital ship Rohilla ran ashore,…

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Wrecking Suez Canal. German Sent to Gaol For Life

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 November 1914 · page 2

The trial by courtmartial has concluded at Alexandria of a German officer named Mors, who was arrested on his return from a visit to Turkey. He was discovered to…

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On the Sea. Swedish Steamer Strikes a Mine. Karlsruhe Sinks a Dutch Vessel

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 2

The Swedish steamer Atle has been sunk by a German mine in the North Sea and six lives lost. The Karlsruhe has sunk the Dutch…

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Dutch Steamer Sunk With Cargo of American Wheat

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Wednesday 11 November 1914 · page 3

The crew of the Dutch steamer Marina has arrived at Plymouth. England, and report that the Marina had been sunk by the German cruiser…

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