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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

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Schooner Strathcona Wrecked

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 17 July 1915 · page 3

The Pacific Cable Board received the following wireless message from three steamers: "The Iris found the schooner Strathcona a total wreck…

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Norwegian Steamer Torpedoed

The Henty Observer and Culcairn Shire Register · Saturday 17 July 1915 · page 3
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The Norwegian steamer Ryan was Torpedoed without warning and the second engineer was killed. The rest of the crow were landed at Yarmouth…

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A Steamer Tropedoed

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

A submarine torpedo[?] the Russian cargo steamer Balva, when 60 miles south-east of the shetland Islen. The Balva had on [?] 1000 tons of coal. A fishing vessel…

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Incidents of the War Germany Again Flouts America. Steamer with American Passengers Fired At. "Distinct Insult to United States." London

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

Passengers who have arrived at New York by the steamer Ordena report that on July 9 a German submarine tried to sink the Orduna, but Captain Taylor [?]…

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Steamer Invincible

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 21 July 1915 · page 2

Attention is directed to amended list of fares published in Captain Hunt's advertisement in this issue. Rainfall…

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Steamer for Australia on Tire. 800 Emigrants on Board. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 July 1915 · page 2

The P. and O. steamer Benalla (11,118 tons), bound for Australia with 800 [?]grants on board, is on fire off Durban. The steamer Otaki (7320 tons), of the…

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Coal Steamer Sunk

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 6

The submarine Nerpa torpedoed a large coal-laden ship in the Black Sea…

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Steamer Benalla Makes for Durban. Durban

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 23 July 1915 · page 3

The steamer Bena[?] which left Lo[?] on June 21 on a voyage to Australia, carrying 800 immigrants on which a fire broke out when she was 800 miles east of…

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Safe Arrival of Steamer Benalla at Durban. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 July 1915 · page 2

The steamer Benalla, with 800 [?]grants on board for Australia, and whose cargo caught fire when at sea, arrived at Durban (South Africa) on Saturday…

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Excursion Steamer Turns Turtle. 1000 People Missing. Chicago

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 July 1915 · page 2

The excursion steel steamer Eastland everturned at the Clark street pier. It is believed that there were 2000 people on board…

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Incidents of the War. Activity in the Air. Weather Bureau Wrecked London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 July 1915 · page 2

It is learned from Belgium that during a recent Allied air-raid in the neigh-borhood of Brussels, a bomb completely destroyed the German meteorological post…

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Today's Latest. Strained Diplomatic Relations Between Greece and Turkey. Owing to Massacre of Greeks. Allies' AEroplanes Active. At Smyrna. The Austrian Prisoners. Another American Steamer Sunk

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 27 July 1915 · page 2

Diplomatic relations between Greece and Turkey are strained, and it is stated that in consequence of the constant massacre of Greeks in Asia…

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A Steamer on the Murray. Mulwala

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 30 July 1915 · page 13

Dear Uncle Jeff,—I always read the Children's Page. My brother has passed for the war. The Kaiser says that the war will be over in August. On the 30th…

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Aeroplanes Drive German Gun. Boat Ashore. Desperate Fighting on Narew and Vistula

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 5 August 1915 · page 2

A Russian communique says:— Our aeroplane drove a German gunboat ashore at Windan (a Russian port 120 miles north of Memel), and routed a…

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Steamer Traffic

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 6 August 1915 · page 2

On Tuesday last a river steamer arrived at Corowa with the intention of taking on a cargo of secondhand water pipes from Rutherglen for Cobram. A…

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New Enemy Submarine Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 August 1915 · page 22

It is reported from Copenhagen that a new German submarine was wrecked on a trial trip on July 24 near Kiel. Of her crew a dozen were drowned…

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Germans Set Afire Danish Schooner Translation from "Lille War Gazette," March 3, 1915. (This is a weekly newspaper, issued by the Germans in LILLE, in German.)

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 9 August 1915 · page 2

A Danish schooner was set on fire by Germans in the North Sea. The members of the crew were picked up…

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The War at Sea. A Mail Steamer Stopped in the North Sea. A Turkish Gunboat Torpedoed. By a British Submarine

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 13 August 1915 · page 2

A submarine stopped the mail steamer Iris, in the North Sea, and compelled the captain to throw overboard a valuable Russian mail…

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Incidents of the War British Auxiliary Cruiser Sunk. P. AND O. Steamer India. 141 Lives Saves. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 14 August 1915 · page 2

The British auxiliary cruiser India has been lost in the North Sea. The India was struck by a torpedo and 22 officers and 110 men were saved…

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