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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914

294 stories in Murray's papers · page 15 of 15

Steamer Frivolities

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 12 December 1914 · page 3

"Aden has disappeared from our view and we are crossing the Arabian Sea on our last stage towards Bombay, and the whole attention of…

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German Submarine Challenges British Steamer. Steamer Succeeds in Escaping. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 14 December 1914 · page 3

A German submarine, 30 miles from the Dutch coast, challenged the British Mourner Colchester, bound from the Hook of Holland to Harwich, culling up to her to…

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The Naval Victory. The Dresden Ashore. Slight British Casualties. Japan's Part in the Victory

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 2

The total British casualties in the Falkland Island engagement were only seven killed and four wounded. No officers are included in the casualties…

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Enemy's Earthworks Wrecked. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 2

A con[?]que issued in Paris states that the enemy violently bombarded the tr[?] to the north-west of Sonpir, in the region of the Aisne, We replied…

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Dresden Reported Ashore

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 20

While the fate of the fifth German cruiser, the Dresden, which escaped from the British squadron during the engagement off the Falkland Islands, is not known…

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Channel Steamer's Escape

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 20

A German submarine, when 30 miles off the Dutch coast, challenged the Great Estern Railway Company's channel steamer Colchester (1,209 tons), bound from the…

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Russians Blow up German Steamer in Black Sea

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 2

It is officially announced at Petrograd that a Russian warship stopped the German steamer Deriutic, near Kerason (in the Black Sea, and ordered the crew to…

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Steamer Strikes a Mine

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 22 December 1914 · page 3

The steamer Tritonia, bound for New Brunswick, struck a mine on Saturday, when off the north of Ireland coast. It is believed that the vessel foundered…

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Emden Wreck Visited. Deck Littered with Dead Bodies

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 22 December 1914 · page 2

Captain Mortimer, of the steamer Montoro, which arrived at Brisbane last week from Singapore, stated that the Montora met a steamer which had just…

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Shipwrecked on a Can[?]bal Island

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 December 1914 · page 4

A cake of soap is said to have saved the lives of five one and a boy [?] the coast of New Gunea. The [?] as told in the smoking-room…

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German Shops Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1914 · page 22

Herman Ahlers. formerly German consul at Sunderland, whose conviction for treason in having assisted German reservists to return to Germany from England was…

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German Officers' Wrecked Nerves

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 December 1914 · page 23

The Berlin correspondent of the newspaper "Nieuwe Rotterdamsch Courant" states that there, are 3000 German officers in Berlin with wrecked nerves, who…

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Suits for Shipwrecks

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 December 1914 · page 4

Since the tragedy of the Titanic hundreds of ideas and inventions have been brought before shipping companies and the Board of Trade…

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The War. To-day's Latest. Fighting in the Vosges. Difficulties in Flanders. Russian Press Confidence. British Destroyer Ashore. New York Naval Expert on the British Raid. A Daring French Submarine

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 29 December 1914 · page 2

It is reported that the Russian Government has categorically denied the stories about the swopping of Saghalien for guns…

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