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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

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Shackleton Fails. Third Rescue Effort. Ice Damages Schooner. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 7 August 1916 · page 2

Reuter's Agency has received a message from Port Stanley, capital of the Falkland Islands, to-the effect that Sir Ernest Shackleton has returned to the Islands…

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French Feats. Vosges Crossed at Night. Hun Machines Wrecked

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 11 August 1916 · page 2

A Paris communique reports a brilliant feat by a French airman. The report says:— "A French aeroplane crossed the Vosges and the Black Forest…

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Marooned Elephant Island Explorers. Steamer Discovery Leaves Plymouth. to Pick Up Sir Ernest Shackleton. London

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 12 August 1916 · page 2

The steamer Discovery sailed from Plymouth yesterday for Port Stanley, to pick up Sir Ernest Shackleton, in order that he may continue his efforts to reach the…

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Shells Wreck Hospital. Rheims Civilians Killed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 16 August 1916 · page 2

A Paris communique reports that bad weather is hampering preparations on most of the French front. Sharp artillery duels have been fought…

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Pirates Active. Schooner Set Ablaze

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 24 August 1916 · page 2

The Italian "steamer Erix, a sailing vessel flying the same flag, and also the Norwegian schooner Rufus have been sunk by submarines. The Rufus, which…

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Steamer Submarined. 24 Lives Lost

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 28 August 1916 · page 2

It is officially announced that the British armed boarding steamer Duke of Albany was submarined in the North Sea last Thursday. Twenty-four of those…

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The Ss Tongariro Wrecked

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 1 September 1916 · page 2

The New Zealand Shipping Co.'s steamer Tongariro, 8073 tons, bound from Auckland to Wellington, struck the Bell Rock, in Hawkes Bay, near…

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Zeppelins' Raid. Largest Attack on Record. Crew of Wrecked Ship Perish. LONDON

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 5 September 1916 · page 2

It 13 officially stated that all the crew of the Zeppelin airship which was wrecked in the raid on England on Saturday night, were killed…

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A British Steamer Sunk

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 2

The British steamer Torridge has been sunk. Nineteen of the crew were saved…

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Enemy Aeroplanes Wrecked

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 30

A Paris communique states:—There were brisk artillery duels in the Somme and Fleury sectors. Our special guns brought flown two aeroplanes on the right…

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The Wrecked Zeppelin. The Successful Attacker Awarded the Victoria Cross

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 8 September 1916 · page 1

Lieutenant Robinson has been awarded the Victoria Cross for bringing down a Zeppelin at Cuffley on Sunday, having attacked the raider with the…

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Steamer Chartered

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 9 September 1916 · page 2

"The Times" corresspondent at Athens states that the Greek Government has chartered a steamer to transport Baron von Schenck and his party to Kavalla…

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Greek Steamer Shelled in Error

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 11 September 1916 · page 2

A report from Athens states that a submarine fired ten shots at the Greek steamer Eleni. The commander explained that he thought Greece had declared war…

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Other Items. Brief Excitement at Wilhelmshafen The British Reserves in France. Germans Convinced of Their Own Superiority. Compulsion for Canada. The Loss of the St. Lawrence Bridge. A Greek Steamer Torpedoed

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 1

There was excitement at Wihelmshafen owing to sensational rumors that great events are imminent, necessitating the evacuation of the city by…

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Prince Eitel in Panic. Shells Wreck Chateau

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 15 September 1916 · page 2

The Paris "Journal" states that Prince Eitel, second son of the Kaiser, is commanding the north sector of the German lines in the Somme…

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Steamer Destroyed by Fire. Escape of 400 Passengers. Seattle

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 19 September 1916 · page 2

Fire broke out on the Pacific Coast Company's steamer Congress (7985 tons), while on a voyage from San Francisco to Seattle, and the vessel was totally destroyed…

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British Steamer Sunk

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 21 September 1916 · page 2

News has been received that the steamer. Dewa (3802 tons), owned by James Nourse, Ltd., of London, and Lord Tredegar Steamship Company, Ltd., of Cardiff,…

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Sunday's Raid. Two Airships Wrecked. Captured Crew. Articles Jettisoned

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 27 September 1916 · page 2

Two of the Zeppelins which participated in the raid on England on Sunday were brought down in Essex. One raider fell in flames, and was destroyed, with its crew…

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Explosion on Steamer

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 5

An explosion took place to-day aboard the Union Company's steamer Waruna, lying in Sydney Harbour. Six man were killed outright, and…

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Explosion on a Steamer. Six Men Killed

The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 2

A disastrous explosion took place on Wednesday morning on boa[?] the Union company’s steamer, Wa[?] which was moored at Darling…

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