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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914

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Storm on Lake Superior. Twelve Corpses Washed Ashore. Chicago

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 23 November 1914 · page 3

There has been a terrific storm in Lake Superior. Twelve corpses have bene washed ashore and much wreckage has also come landward. Amongst the wreckage…

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Wrecking of the Emden. the Wounded at Colombo Colombo

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 2

The wounded men from H.M.A.S. Sydney and survivors from the German cruiser Emden have been landed at Colombo. The wounded have been accommodated in…

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German Taubes Wrecked When Bomb-Dropping

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 26 November 1914 · page 2

Two German Taube aeroplanes dropped bombs into Hazebrouck on Friday. The British artillery brought down one of them, and then a British biplane arrived…

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Destroyer Sunk. Collision with Steamer. Copenhagen

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 27 November 1914 · page 6

The German torpedo destroyer [?]. 124 has been sunk as the result of a collision with the Danish steamer Anglo Dane. The destroyer foundered at once…

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Second Edition Daring British Deed. Laboriously Built German Bridge. Wrecked in Five Minutes. DONKIRK

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 28 November 1914 · page 5

The Germans for a long time had been constructing a bridge at Dixmude for the large force assembled there. When the task was nearing completion on Monday…

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British Cruiser Fires on U.S. Steamer. PANAMA

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 November 1914 · page 2

It is reported here that the British cruiser Berwick (9800 tons) fired on the American steamer St. Helens. The Washington Department has no information on the…

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Hindenberg's Napoleonic Attack. Kaiser's Dramatic Admonition. Russians Wreck the Desperate Plan. And Cut off Three Army Corps

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 30 November 1914 · page 2

The Kaiser gave an audience to General Hindenberg at Thorn. In the course of the interview the German Emperor said. "The eyes of the whole world are upon…

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German Steamer From Australia on Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 2 December 1914 · page 2

A message from Syrae[?] (Sicily) states that a fire involving all the cargo has broken out on a German steamer bound from Albury (West Australia) for Amsterdam…

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Second Edition "Border Morning Mail" Office, 1.30 a.m. British Warships Capture a Steamer With Contraband. HALIFAX (Nova Scotia)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 2 December 1914 · page 3

British warships convoyed here as a prize of war the Norwegian steamer Sande Fjord, bound from New York to Copenhagen, laden with cotton. The steamer, it…

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German Chancellor's Mendacious Speech. Russia Apparently But Britain Really Responsible for the War Britain's Increasing Watchfulness Drastic Legislation Against Treachery General De Wet Captured Western War Theatre. Activity in Flanders. Big Battle Expected. Gorman Batteries Wrecked, LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 4 December 1914 · page 2

Though official reports do not con[?]rm the statements emanating from Amsterdam that the Germans are making a new onslaught in Flanders, there are many…

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American Battleship Ashore

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 3

A message from Philadelphia states that a warship, with four funnels, which had gone ashore on the coast of Maryland, had proved to be the United States battleship…

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Gorman Armed Liner Sinks British Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 2

It is reported from Santiago de Chile that the German armed liner Prince Eitel Friedrich has sunk the British steamer Charcas off Puerto de [?] on the…

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Collision at Sydney Heads. Steamer Damaged and Beached Sydney, Tuesday Night

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 3

The pilot steamer Captain Cook collided with the observation steamer, Barunda, a Sydney Heads at 9 o'clock to-night. The Burunda, which was badly damaged, has…

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Oil Steamer Ablaze. 34 Men Porish, LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 10 December 1914 · page 2

A serious shipping disaster has occured on the West of England coast. The off steamer Vedra ran aground at [?] An explosion…

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British Steamer Sunk

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 22

News from Santiago, the capital of Chile, states that the German armed Nordduetscher liner, Prinz Eitel Friedrich (8797 tons), has sunk the British steamer…

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Swedish Steamer Sunk

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 23

The Swedish steamer Norra Sverigo (723 tons) has been sunk, by a mine off the coast of Finland. The crew, numbering 20, perished…

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Swedish Steamer Mined. Stockholm

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 6

The Swedish steamer Narrasverige has been sunk by a mine off the coast of Finland. The crew of 20 perished…

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Belgian Steamer Welcomed in Italian Port

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 2

A message from Rome states that the Belgian steamer Rot Leopold met with a surprise on putting into the Italian port of Savona, near Genoa…

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On the Sea. a Steamer Sunk off Chili

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 1

A German submarine has arrived at the Danish port of Esdjerg, in a damaged condition, but put to sea again after effecting repairs…

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Oil Steamer Egplodes. 34 Lives Lost. London

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 11 December 1914 · page 6

The oil steamer Vedra has grounded at Barrow. An explosion ignited the cargo. Two of the crew were saved, and 34 lost. The explosion was…

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