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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

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Greek Steamer Burnt in Mid-ocean, Treachery Suspected

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 September 1915 · page 2

It is reported from New York that the Greek steamer Athanal has been adand[?]ned in mid-ocean. A fire broke out and made such headway…

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German Seaplane Wrecked

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 22 September 1915 · page 2

A German seaplane has been wrecked in the North Sea, states an advice from Amsterdam. The two occupants were rescued and…

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Miscellaneous War News. Germans "Capture" Steamer London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 24 September 1915 · page 2

Nows received from [?] states that the Swedish steamer Aera recently sailed from Gothenburg, [?] for Stockholm, carrying 13,000 tons of corn,…

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Dutch Steamer Strike Mine

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 27 September 1915 · page 3

Having struck a mine while on the way from Batavia to Amsterdam, the Dutch steamer Koningin Emma (9181 tons) turned over on its side. It was being towed…

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German Steamer Sunk

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 October 1915 · page 23

A British submarine sank a German steamer near Bugen. Island. Ten of the crew were saved. Swedish pilots have been instructed to warn German steamers…

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Steamer Submarines

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 9 October 1915 · page 2

The steams Arabian has been sunk by a German submarine and 20 of the crew saved…

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British Submarine Torpedoes German Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 October 1915 · page 2

The crew of the German steamer Lulea has (says a message from Copenhagen) landed at Falster. They reported that the British submarine 10 torpedoed the…

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Italian Embassy Wrecked

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 12 October 1915 · page 2

Advices received in Rome state that rioters in Constantinople have wrecked the Italian Embassy without any interference from the police…

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The War. To-day's Cables. the Balkans. Fall of Belgrade. Bulgarian Army Leaves for Servia Italian Embassy at Constantinople Wrecked. London

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 12 October 1915 · page 2

Official news from Nish admits the capture of Belgrade by the invaders. A Berlin official message states that the heights to the south-west and…

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Riot in Constantinople. Italian Embassy Wrecked. Sydney, Monday, 3.30 p.m

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 12 October 1915 · page 2

Rioters in Constantinople wrecked the Italian Embassy. The police did not interfere. The American Ambassador protested…

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Mysterious Steamer Captured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1915 · page 22

San Francisco newspapers publish particulars received from the Dutch East Indies regarding the mysterious steamer Maverick, which was apprehended there by…

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Submarines in Baltic. Enemy Steamer Sunk

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 October 1915 · page 3

It is reported from Copenhagen that a British submarine stopped the steamer Walter Leonard in the Baltic. The German crew were ordered to take to the…

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Italian Embassy Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1915 · page 21

Home reports that rioters in Constantinople wrecked the Italian Embassy. The police did not interfere. The United States Ambassador (Mr. H. Morgenthau) has…

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Serb Positions Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 15 October 1915 · page 20

The Austro-Germans have entered Serbia on a front extending over 250 miles. Amsterdam advices are that whilst the heavy…

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The Dardanelles. Enemy Trenches Wrecked. Violent Bombardment. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 16 October 1915 · page 2

News received from Athens states that British monitors, acting in conjunction with the land artillery, effectively bombarded various points at the Dardanelles,…

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A Zeppelin Wrecked

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 October 1915 · page 2

Disaster has overtaken a Zeppelin [?]ship in France. It is reported that the airship dashed into a chimney at the establishment of Messrs Pilkington Bros.,…

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Western War Theatre. Big Guns Rain Shells. Air Sheds Wrecked. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 October 1915 · page 2

"The Germans during Tuesday night delivered three serious grenade attacks in the Bois-en-Hache, near Souchez, but all were repulsed," reports a French communique…

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Italian Steamer Torpedoed By a German Submarine

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 26 October 1915 · page 2

A German submarine has torpedoed an Italian steamer, without warning, in the Aegean Sea. German-Italian complications are expected…

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General Cables. Steamer Afire. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 October 1915 · page 3

News received from Charleston, South Carolina, states that the Mallory Steamship Company's liner Colorado is on fire at sea. The Colorado ia bound from…

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Bulgarian Ports Wrecked Twenty Battleships Bombard Dedegatch. Allies' Ultimatum to Greece. Fixed Time for Reply. Bulgarians Occupy Uskub, Dedeagatgh Wrecked. Bombabded by Twenty Battleships

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 29 October 1915 · page 6

A British fleet has bombarded Dedeagatch, an important Bulgarian seaport, in Thrace, on the Aegean. Sea, and the terminus of the Adrianople-Salonica…

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