Brazil Steamer Saved
The steamer Icaria, from Brazil, with a cargo of coffee, sugar, and hides, was approaching the French coast, when a violent explosion occurred below the water-line…
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British Steamer Sunk. 276 Lives Lost
Very heavy loss of life attended the foundering of the British armed inerchantman Viknor, off the north coast of Ireland, with all on board…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Sunk by the Australia
An officer on board H.A.M.S. Australia, in a letter, states that an enemy steamer was sighted off the Brazilian coast on January 6, at a distance of 12 miles. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Adrift at Sea. Recalling Some Terrible Experiences of Shipwrecked Mariners
It is difficult to imagine the sufferings of the boat's crew of the Columbian, who drifted about the Atlantic for fourteen days before…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of Japanese Cruiser. Crew Landed in America
A message from Washington states that the Japanese armored cruiser, Asama, 0700 tons, was last through striking rocks on the Californian coast during a heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Enemy Aeroplanes Wrecked
A British airman, with a quickfirer mounted on his machine, chased and en-gaged a German Taube arcoplane, con-taining two occupants, near Bethune, 17…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Japanese Cruiser Ashore
It is reported from San Francisco that the Japanese cruiser Asama has gone ashore on the Mexican coast near Point Bartolomi, and that, the vessel is breaking up. The…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Norwegian Steamer Seized
The Japanese authorities have seized the Norweigian steamer Christian Bors (4306 tons), because Herr von Hintze, late German Minister to Mexico. was…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Wreck of the Asama
All of the 500 officers and men on the Japanese cruiser Asama, which went ashore on the Californian coast, have been saved. The news of the disaster was kept secret…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Submarine Attacks Steamer
A report from Amsterdam states that the German submarine U2 on Wednesday shelled the steamer Laertes off the Maas lightship, on the Dutch coast. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Strikes Mine
The steamer Wavelet, bound from Pensacola (Florida) to Leith, strick a mine to-day off the Kentish coast. The captain managed to beach the vessel at Deal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Timber Steamer Disaster
The steamer Wavelet, laden with timber, while off the south coast of England, met with a great disaster. A terrific explosion occurred, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Steamer Chased
The British steamer Kirkham Abbey was char[?] for 90 minutes by three German submarines off the Dutch coast. The Kirkham Abbey was bound from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Submarine Sinks Steamer
A Gorman submarine on Tuesday blew up and sank the French steamer Ville de Lille, between Cherbourg and Dunkirk. The crew of the steamer were given ten…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Menace of Submarines. French Steamer Sunk
The German blockade has not decreased the number of men ready for service in seagoing ships. The collier Dulwich was torpedoed on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Airship Shed Wrecked
Dutch correspondents give particulars of the damage effected by the raid of 34 British aeroplanes oil German positions on the Belgian coast last week. They badly…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Copper Steamer Hit
The Campank, laden with copper, from Huelva for Liverpool, took up a pilot and was gathering speed when she saw a periscope 200 yards away. No…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Norwegian Steamer Mined
The Norwegian steamer Belridge struck a mine off Dover, on the way to New Orleans from Amsterdam. It will return to Amsterdam if possible…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →American Steamer Mined
The American steamer, Evelyn, Inden with cotton for Bremen, struck a mine and sunk off Borkum, an East Frisian Island at the month of the river Ems, 25 miles north…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Neutral Steamer Founders
Copenhagen reports that the Norwegian steamer, Bjacrke, while on a voyage from Leith, struck a mino and foundered. The crew were saved…
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