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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

255 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 13

U.S. Steamer Sinks in Mid-ocean. the Crew Saved London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 3

New York reports that the American steamer Denver, while returning from Bromerhaven (Germany) was sunk in mid-ocean…

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Earlier Messages. the Dardanelles. Six Forts Wrecked

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 2

Although the formidable fortresses of Chanak, Hamidieh and Killid Bahr, in the Narrows, were severely damaged by the gun fire of the Allied fleet…

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Steamer's Narrow Escape. Was Submarine Sunk?

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

Captain Wyatt, of the Great Eastern steamer Brussels, states that when he was of the Maas lightship a large German submarine signalled to stop, Captain…

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Dutch Steamer Mined

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 2

The Admiralty announces that the Dutch steamer Amst[?] struck a mine off Flamborough, on the Yorkshire coast, and sink. All members of the crew were…

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Germany's Barbarous Submarine Warfare Defenceless People Shot Drowning Passengers Jeered and Laughed At Germans in Flight in South Poland Under Water Pirates. Submarine Sinks Passenger Steamer. One Hundred Lives Lost. German Sailors Jeer at Drowning People. No Attempt Made at Rescue. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 2

A German submarine has torpedoed the steamer Falaba, 1,800 tons, off Milford Haven, on the coast of Pembrokeshire (Wales)…

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Piracy Under Waves. Sinking of the Falaba. Loaded Boat Wrecked

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 2

The inquest of the victims of the Elder liner Falaba, 4806 tons, which was torpedoed and sunk on Tuesday in circumstances of an inhuman nature, was opened…

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Steamer Torpedoed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 24

The steamer Crown of Castile was torpedoed near the S[?]illy Islands, off the south-west coast of England. The crew were rescued…

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Dutch Steamer Lost

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 20

The German submarine U28 sank the Dutch steamship Medea (1235 tons) in the English Channel, southward of Beachy Head. The crew were rescued…

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Submarine Chases Steamer

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 24

A submarine chased the City of Cambridge for half an hour. Shells damaged the deck of the steamer, but eventually it escaped…

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Steamer Chased by Submarine

The Independent · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 2

A German submarine, off the Sicily Isles, chased the steamer City of Cambridge. She fired shells, which damaged the steamer's deck, but the vessel escaped:…

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German Submarine Outrages Steamer Retaliates. Rammed the Submaiune. London

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 6

The Lizzie's engineer states that when the submarine was sighted, the Lizzie cut the Delunes adrift, and made straight for it. The Lizzie's…

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Steamer Sinking Off. North Carolina. Ii Lives Lost. New York

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 6 April 1915 · page 2

The steanmer [?] reports that she reelved a wirele from the Prinz Munritz of the Royal DUtch West in diew co., to the effect that the vessel…

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Incidents of the War. Steamer Torpedoed by German Submarine

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 2

The steamer Olivine has been sunk by a torpedo fired from a German submarine near St. Catherine's Point the southemost extremity of the Isle of…

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Treachery on Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 2

The prosecution in Paris of Raymond Swaboda, who was arrested last week with incriminating doorments in his possession showing that he had been commissioned…

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Submarine U10 Gets supplies From Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 5

The chief officer of Danish steamer states that he saw a submarine after sinking the Grimsby fishing trawler Acanths, go alongside a steamer in the vicinity, and…

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Collision at Sydney Head Between Pilot Steamer and Collier

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 2

A collision occurred at the [?] at 1 o'clock this morning between the collier Herga and the pilot steamer Captain Cook,…

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Belgian Relief Steamer Torpedoed. No Warning Given. 26 Lives Lost

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 12 April 1915 · page 2

A message from Rotterdant states that the Belgian Relief Committee's steamer Halpalyce was mined or torpedeed by a submarine off Noordhinden lightship,…

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Sunken Steamer Raised

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 2

It will be remembered that during last summer the new and valuable steamer Arbuthnot, owned and called after its owner, Mr A. Arbuthnot, the…

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Aviators Beaton Off by Steamer's Captain

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 14 April 1915 · page 2

A Rotterdam message says that two German aeroplanes threw 25 bombs at the British steamer Serula, but none of them bit the steamer. The captain, using a…

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Jack Ashore

The Independent · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 4

One of our bluejackets was walking down the Old Kent Road, London, when he observed an old lady standing on the edge of the pavement…

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