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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

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Steamer Attacked. Airmen Rain Missiles

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 30 November 1915 · page 2

Three German aeroplanes, states a message from Rotterdam, attacked the steamer Balgownic, bound from London to Rotterdam, near the North Hinder lightship,…

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Power Works Wrecked. Had Allied Contract

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 2 December 1915 · page 3

For the second time since the commencement of the European war the Dupont Powder Works at Wilmington in Delaware U.S.A. have been wreched by an|…

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Steamer Sunk at Gibraltar

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 4 December 1915 · page 2

The British steamer, Inverhip, reports having accidently sunk a submerged submarine in the Straits of Gilbralter…

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Steamer Ashore Off French Coast. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 7 December 1915 · page 2

The steamer Star of New Zealand is shore on the rocks near Ushant Island (off , the north-west coast of France Forty-six person has been—Reuter…

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Western War Theatre. Increased Activity. Enemy Positions Wrecked. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 10 December 1915 · page 2

A French communique reports:—"Our machine guns in Belgium prevented the enemy from restoring his damaged works. Our curtain of fire stopped a German…

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British Steamer Saved Under Enemy Fire

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 14 December 1915 · page 2

A Paris communique says: "A British cargo steamer ran ashore on the Belgian coast, and German seaplanes tried to sink her with bombs, but Allied areoplanes…

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On the Western Front. Heavy Cannonading near Ypres. A British Steamer Rescued from the Belgian Coast

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 December 1915 · page 2

Uninterrupted cannonading was heard in the West all day on Saturday in the direction of Ypres. A British cargo steamer ran ashore…

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Coastal Steamer Foundered the Crew Saved Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 2

The steamer Wandra, owned by Allan Taylor and Co., foundered during heavy weather on a trip Moruya to Sydney, while off Jervis Bay. The crew escaped in…

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[?]Ack Ashore

The Independent · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 4

One of our [?] was waling down the Old [?] Road, London, [?] The observed an old lady [?] of the pavement…

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Attempted Bridge Wrecking. to Impede Allies Munition Supply

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 6

A package containing six sticks of dynamite equipped with capps, and fuse, was found under the Alhambra, a Greek bridge on the Southern Pacific railroad,…

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Fire on Mail Steamer Omrah. Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 18 December 1915 · page 2

A fire broke out in the forward hold of the mail steamer Omrah, lying at Circular Quay, just after noon to-day. Extensive damage was caused to the earge,…

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Belief Steamer Sinks

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 December 1915 · page 2

The steamer Liverpool, which was carrying a cargo of foodstuffs from New York of Rotterdam for the Belgian Relief Commission was found in a sinking…

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The Dardanelles. British Wreck Nine Guns. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 20 December 1915 · page 2

Genova reports state that British war ships at the Dardanelles have destroyed tree fortress battories, consisting of five German guns and four pieces which had…

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Victoria, Soldiers Wreck a Bar, Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 23 December 1915 · page 3

As they were considered to be under the aflnence of liquor four soldiors were refused drinks at the Parade Hotel, Victoria Parade, Fitzroy, this morning. After…

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Late News the European War. Japanese Steamer Sunk. No [?] Given LONDON, December 24

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 25 December 1915 · page 2

Is is announced that the [?] steamer Yanka Maru was sunk in forty minuted and not warned. There were [?]…

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The War on the Seas. French Mail Steamer Torpedoed

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 28 December 1915 · page 2

In less than a month a British submarine operating in the Sea of Marmora accounted for one Turkish gunboat, five steamers, seventeen sailing…

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