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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

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Liverpool shops wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 May 1915 · page 19

The angry feeling in Liverpool, to which the Lusitania was bound, was displayed in the wrecking of a number of German shops. In Everton, the northern suburb…

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Incidents of the War the Crime of the Lusitania. Anti German Feeling. Continued Disturbances. Shops Wrecked and Looted. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 14 May 1915 · page 2

Wild anti German demonstrations are taking place in London, more particularly in Aldgate, Limehouse, Stepney, Bethnal Green, aul Poplar. Many shops…

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Anger Aroused. German Shops Wrecked

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 14 May 1915 · page 6

Argered at the German action in sinking the Lusitania, crowds rushed German shops in Liverpool, and wrecked them…

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Anti-German Riots Continue. Germans Voluntarily Interning. Alien Enemies Premises Wrecked at Johannesburg. Australasian Agitations. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 May 1915 · page 2

Anti-German riots occurred in thirty-six London districts. The police closed a German restaurant where Germans celebrated the sinking of…

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Raiding Airships Wrecked

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 19 May 1915 · page 3

It in reported from Calais that the Zeppelin raiders were wrecked by gunfire at Cape Grisnez and fell near Dunkirk, Seven officers and 33 men, who were on…

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Steamer's Baptism of Fire

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 32

Despite that German warships had sent shells crashing into her hull, making her a complete wreck aft, the steamer Sagama River, which arrived at Sydney on Friday…

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Zeppelin Wrecked

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 21 May 1915 · page 6

The Daily Mail correspondent states that a fleet of 27 Anglo-French aeroplanes attacked and destroyet a Zeppelin, which was approaching Ypres. The…

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Steamer Oscar

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 26 May 1915 · page 2

Permewan, Wright and Co. advise us that the steamer Oscar will leave Echuca for Balranald on Friday, 28th inst., river permitting…

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American Steamer Torpedoed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 24

The American steamer Nebrashken was torpedoed off Fastnet. The crew were saved. The Nebrasdan was outward-bound for…

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Norwegian Steamer Sunk

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 22

The Norwegian steamship Minerva (3736 tons) has been torpedoed in the North Sea by a German submarine…

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Pirate Submarines United States Steamer Sunk

Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 5

The American steamer, Nebraska 4409 tons, was torpedoed by a German submarine off Fastnet on the south west coast of Ireland. The crew were…

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United States and Germany. American Steamer Torpedoed. Sensation in U.S. Official Circles

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 2

A stir has been caused by the act of a German submarine in torpedoing an American steamer while the United States is awaiting a reply to her protest to…

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An American Steamer Torpedoed. Off South Coast of Ireland. Sensation in American Official Circles. LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 28 May 1915 · page 2

The American steamer Nebraskan has has been torpedoed off the Fastnett Rock, on the southern coast of Ireland, near the scene of the sinking of the Lusitania…

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Steamer Torpedoed

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 29 May 1915 · page 2

The Canadian steamer Mowenna was torpedoed near Milford Haven. Most of the crew were landed. One man was killed and three wounded…

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Canadian Steamer Torpedoed Crew Reach Miltord Island

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 29 May 1915 · page 2

The Canadian steamer Morwenna, 1414 tons, has been torpedoed of shelled, 160 miles from St. Anne Head on the west…

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A Big Liner Ashore. 900 Passengers Safe. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 1 June 1915 · page 3

A shipping mishap, which might have been a terrible disaster, has occurred on the west coast of France. The Atlantic liner Champagne was wrecked at St…

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Portuguese Steamer Sunk

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 22

The Portuguese steamer Cysne (620 tons) has been torpedoed off Ushant. The crew were saved…

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Swedish Steamer Attacked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 20

While on a voyage to Sunderland with a cargo of timber, the Swedish barque Rosval was stopped by a German submarine. The Germans allowed the vessel to proceed, but…

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Swedish Steamer Captured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 22

A Swedish steamer, carrying a cargo of rifles, ostensibly for Bulgaria, was seized by a German torpedo boat off Falsterbo. The Bulgarian Legation at Berlin gave the…

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Danish Steamer Torpedoed

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 22

The Danish steamer Soborg (2108) tons) has been torpedoed, forty miles north-eastward of the Tyne. Her crew were saved…

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