Vatican Buys Steamer. War Prompts Safety Measure
For the first time since the loss of the Pope's temporal power, the Papal flag will be displayed at sea. With the intention of safeguarding the…
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Bomb in Steamer's Hold
The British Press Bureau announces that a bomb has been discovered in the bilge of a grain steamer which recently arrived at an English port from the United…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Wreck Off California. 30 Lives Believed Lost. Sax Francisco
The steamer Bear struck a reef on the California coast at midnight on Wednesday. The passengers took to the boats, after…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Submarine Activity. a Series of Incidents Enemy Steamer Sunk
A submarine, believed to have been of British nationality, states a stockholm report, northwest of Falkenberg (southeast of Got[?]arg) torpedoed the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Air Raid on El Arish. Seven Aeroplanes Wrecked. Three British Machetes Lost
An official statement has been made in London to the effect that a British air squadron attacked an enemy aerodrome near El Arish, in Lower Egypt, east of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Munition Plant Wrecked [?] Plot Suspected
A factory disaster, which is suspected to have been the product of a German plot, has occurred at the works of the Canadian Explosives sires Company, at Parry Sound (On…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Other Items. (Country Edition, continued). A Patrol Boat Sunk. Food Riots and Strikes in Germany A German Steamer Submarined. Large Meat Factory Burnt in Saxony. Depression in Berlin. Vice-Royalty to be Discontinued in Ireland
The patrol boat, St. Jacques, has been sunk. Seven of the crew were seriously wounded, and rescued; nine others are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Seizure of the Steamer Brussels. Tenth Attempt Succeeds. Spy Peril in England
The capture by German destroyers of the British mail steamer Brussels (1386 tons), which was seized and taken to Zeebrugge when making a voyage from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mail Steamer Captured
Dutch fishing boats have reported on arrival at Amsterdam that German torpedo-boat destroyers have captured the British steamer Brussels (1380 tons), one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Wreck of British Statesmanship Feared
With the exception of "The Morning Post," all the papers expressed the deepest regret at the new Irish crisis, seeing that Mr. Lloyd George's proposals had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Foe Battalion Captured. 620 Prussians Surrender. Gunfire Wrecks Morale. (Reuter's Cables.)
Reuter's correspondent at the British Headquarters in France announces that a Prussian battalion surrendered to the British forces near Fricourt (east of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Steamer Captured. Seizure by Germans
Lloyds report that it is believed that the Germans have captured the British steamer Pendennis (2000 tons)…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Steamer Lost
The British steamer "Kara" has been sunk by a mine. The crew are safe…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sinn Feiners in Cork. Recruiting Offices Wrecked
One thousand members of the Sinn Fein Society in Cork, disappointed at the non-arrival of released Irish prisoners, wrecked the recruiting offices and hissed the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Steamer Sunk
The British steamers Grangemoor and Karma have been sunk in the Mediterranean. Both crews were saved. The British steamer Yser has also been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer for Sydney. Meets with Accident
Lloyd's report that the steamer Hochelaga, bound for Sydney, collided with another vessel in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and is being docked at Halifax (Nova…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murder of a Punjabi. on Board a Mail Steamer. Sydney
When R.M.S. Kaisar-I-Hind was off Gabo Island on her way from Melbourne to Sydney, yesterday morning, Dillawar Akram, 28, a Punjabi fireman, received a stab…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Irish Deadlock the Wrecked Settlement. Clauses Published. London
The clauses of the abortive proposal made by Mr. Lloyd-George for settlement of the Home Rule difficulty have been published…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Danish Schooner Sunk
It ia reported from Copenhagen that the Danish schooner Dagmar has been torpedoed. The crew are believed to have been saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Submarine Savagery. Passenger Steamer Sunk Shell Fire Smashes Boats. Many Persons Murdered. LONDON
The Italian steamer Letimbro (2210 tons) has been sunk by a submarine. Twenty-eight survivors from the steamer have arrived at malta. The Letimbro…
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