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Murray · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917

85 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 5

Bellamba Wrecked

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 26 October 1917 · page 1

The collier Bellamba, from Sydney for Noumea has "been totally lost on a reef off New Caledonia. No lives were lost. The Noumean Government…

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Munitions Steamer Explodes. Halifax Doomed. Hundreds of Victims Killed and Injured. the City in Flames

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 2

A munitions steamer has exploded at Halifax, Nova Scotia. Three hundred people were killed and thousands injured…

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Another Air Raid on London. Explosion on Monition Steamer. City of Halifax Doomed. Sydney. Friday. 11.45

The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 11 December 1917 · page 2

Twenty-five aeroplanes raided England and bombed places on the Kentish coast. Six penetrated to London. No details are available…

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Halifax Water Front Wrecked. 4000 Deaths

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 14 December 1917 · page 32

Sixty per cent, of the town of Halifax (Canada) has been destroyed by a fire. The streets are strewn with 1200 dead. A munitions steamer, the name of which…

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Wrecked Zeppelin

The Urana Independent and Clear Hills Standard · Friday 14 December 1917 · page 1

A Dutch lugger reports passing a wr[?]ked and abandoned Zeppelin in the North Sea,…

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