Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Shipwrecks & the sea, all years

Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

255 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 13

Holland-American Company's Steamer Torpedoed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 8 March 1915 · page 2

The Holland-American Co.'s steamer Noorderuyk, on the voyage from America to Rotterdam has been damaged. It is believed the vessel was torpedoed in the…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Germany's Air Failure. Storm Wrecks Zeppelin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 9 March 1915 · page 2

Genova is in receipt additional particulars respecting the destruction of a Zeppelin [?]ship in a storm at Cologne last week…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Steamer Sinks Submarine

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 25

Captain White, who is now in America, claims that the steamer Overdale sank a submarine in the Irish Sea on January 1st. The Overdale was dry-docked at…

Continued on Trove, page 25 →

Chinese Steamer Chased

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 6

A German submarine chased the China steamer Ning Chow bound from Yauidenn for Glasgow, for twenty minutes off Lands End. The Ning Chow's speed…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

British Steamer Sunk

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 22

The steamship Bengrove (8840 tons, owned by the Steam Navigation Company Ltd. of Liverpool) was sunk off Ufracombe, on the coast of Devon, on Sunday…

Continued on Trove, page 22 →

Another Zeppelin Wrecked. Paris

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 6

British and French airmen bombed a Zeppelin over the French lines near Bethune. The hinde part was broken off, and the whole airship collapsed,…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Zeppelin Wrecked

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 12 March 1915 · page 5

It is reported that a wrecked Zeppelin L9 hus been sighted in the Channel a few miles from Boulogne. It is apparently otic of the three which had…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Narrow Escape of Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 2

A torpedo fired by a submarina missed the steamer helen on Thursdays, eight miles from the Mersey Bar. The Channel steamer Alberts bound…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

U.S. Steamer Sunk

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 March 1915 · page 2

A diplomatic sensation has been caused at Washington by the announcement that the American sailing vessel, William P. Frye, 3374 tons, was sunk by the German…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Norwegian Steamer Seized

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 15 March 1915 · page 2

A Gorman orulser seized in the Balt[?]e Sea the Norwegian steamer "Bryssol villaden," bound from America to Stockholm. The British had previously…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Zeppeln Wrecked

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 March 1915 · page 2

A message from Amsterdam states, with regard to a Zeppelin which was wrecked at Tirela[?]ont, that there were forty-four men aboard the [?]. It was drifting…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

German Hydroplane Wrecked Copenhagen

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 6

Fishing boats resuced the crew of a Gorman hydroplane wreekel near Jut land…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Steamer Macedonia Re-Captured

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 2

The German steamer Macedonia, which escaped from Las Palmas, according to the "Daily Mail" has been recaptured by a British cruiser…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Germany's Piracy Cargo Steamer Torpedoed. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 2

The Glasgow steamer Clan Artney from Bangkok to London with a cargo of rice, was torpedoed in the Channel at 3 o'clock in the morning, and sunk in half an hour…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Cargo Steamer Torpedoed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 2

The steamer carntoff, an 8000 ton cargo vessel, was torpedoed off Beachy Head, in the English Channel, on Sunday afternoon. The carntoff was on a voyage from…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Other Items. Reported Trade Interruption in the Adriatic. A German Interned Steamer Attempts to Escape. Sir Edward Grey on German Ideals

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 2

A Paris paper reports that commerce has been interrupted between Italy and Dalmatia (Austrian seaboard). The Hamburg - Amerika steamer…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Steamer Torpedoed in Channel

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 2

The Stemer Concord was torpedoed in the Channel, but is still afloat. the rew has been landed at Dover…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Coal Steamer Sunk

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 6

The steamer Carntoff, coal laden, bound from Tyne to Genoa, was torpedoed off Beachy Head, and sank whilst being towed to Newhaven by…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Dutch Steamer Attacked

The Independent · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 2

A German trawler fired on a Dutch steamer which made off at top speed and escaped…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Steamer Attacked by Aeroplane

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 6

A German aeroplane threw two bombs at the Dutch steamer Zevenbergen in the North Sea, but missed…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →