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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

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Two New Taubes Wrecked

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 16 April 1915 · page 6

Two new Taube aeroplanes, whilst undergoing trials, were caught in a storm and wrecked. Two aviatons were killed…

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Struck by Lighting Missionary Steamer John Williams

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 17 April 1915 · page 2

The missionary steamer, John Williams, arrived this morning from Papua. During the voyage to Daru the steamer was struck…

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Steamer Torpedoed Without Warning, Eight Lives Lost, Sailors Jeered At

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 17 April 1915 · page 2

A large submarine torpedoed the steamship Ptarmigan, which was proceeding to Rotterdam which a corgo of tea, milk and sugar, when off North Hinder light, on…

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Torpedo Campaign Vessel Wrecked Without Warning

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 17 April 1915 · page 2

The steamer Ptarmigan has been torpedoed in the vicinity of the Hook of Holland. Evidently no warning was given,…

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Wreck of the Dunbar. Sole Survivor Dies

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 17 April 1915 · page 2

Mr James Johnson, who was sole survivor of the wreck of the Dunbar at the Gap, near South Head, Sydney, 58 years ago, died at his home at Dulwich Hill,…

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Daring Turkish Destroyer. Chased and Wrecked by British

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 2

It is officially state that a Turkish torpedo boat destroyer left the Gulf of Smyrna during a storm and cvaded the warship until who attacked the transport…

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Nine Lives Lost in Wreck of a Zeppelin

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 April 1915 · page 3

In connection with the creek of the Zep. Pelin after dropping a bomb on Bailled it is states that nine of the crow were hilled…

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Swedish Steamer Sunk

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 20

Either as the result of a torpedo from a Gorman submarine, or of striking a mine, the Swedish steamer Folke, 1352 tons (an iron-screw vessel constructed in 1881). has…

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Zeppelin Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 23 April 1915 · page 19

The Zeppelin which was damaged by gunfire near Ypres fell nine miles from Thielt, in Belgium, and became entangled among trees. Several of the crew were killed…

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Release of Danish Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 27 April 1915 · page 3

A message from Copenhagen states that the Danish steamer Nidares, laden with agricultural produce, which had been captured by the Germans while on a voyage…

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Russian Steamer Torpedoed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 21

Submarine U23 torpedoed the Russian coal steamer Svorno off the coast of Kerry (south-west of Ireland) on Saturday. Thy vessel sank iu 12 minutes, during which…

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French Steamer Sunk. Americans Missing

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 6

Submarines torpedoed the French steamer Europe, near Bishop's Rock. The crew were saved by the steamer Gulflight, near the Scilly Island. Most…

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Torpedoing of Steamer. Stir in United States

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 22

Reuter's correspondent at Washington reports that the torpedoing of the American steamer Gulf Light, while on a voyage from Port Arthur (Lake Superior) to Rouen…

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To-day's Latest. a Danish Steamer Mined. Reported Ultimatum to China. British Re-capture Ground in Belgium. LONDON, Thursday Night

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 2

[The latest from the Dardanelles will be found under the separate heading.] The Danish steamer, Cathy, from Copenhagen, was torpedoed or mined off…

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German Airmen Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 21

A Dutch steamer picked up two German airmen who were floating on a wrecked aeroplane hear Nordhinter Lightship. The aviators were conveyed to Flushing…

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Lusitania Outrage. Anti-german Riots in England.many Shops Wrecked.london

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 13 May 1915 · page 2

The bulking of the Lusitanih, accompanied by the loss of over a thousand inuouent liven, would appear to have been the last needed to cause the british…

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Dutch Steamer's Loss

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 May 1915 · page 23

A message from The Hague states that Germany has informed Holland that the Dutch steamer Katwyk (2040 tons). bound from Baltimore (U.S.A.) to Rotterdam…

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On the Seas. British Steamer Sunk

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 May 1915 · page 4

The British steamer Queen Wilhelmina (3590 tons) has been sunk in the North Sea by a German submarine. Germany has informed Holland…

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Many Shops Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 May 1915 · page 25

Wild anti-German demonstration have taken place at Aldergate, Limchouse, Stepney, Beth[?]al Green, and Poplar Many shops were wreeked. Germans were…

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German Places Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 May 1915 · page 45

A large crowd of city men in London, enraged by the Lusitania outrage, attacked German shops in Cullum Street, and had to be driven oft by the police…

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