Steamer Sinks U-boat
An American tank steamer which has just arrived in New York reports that it had a fight with a submarine in the Bristol Channel on February 24. The fight…
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German Steamer Captured
Christiania reports that an armed British trawler has captured the German steamer Valeria (1216 tons), which was carrying a cargo of ore…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Miscellaneous War News Dutch Steamer Held Up
Reuter's Amsterdam, correspondent reports that four German. seaplanes held up and with bombs badly damaged a Dutch schooner en route for Ymuiden…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Schooner Wrecked Sydney
The crew reached Sydney to-day of the wrecked schooner James Bruce. It appears that the vessel struck a reef in the Pacific on the morning of March 27. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Seas. Admiralty's Weekly Report. a Spanish Steamer Submarined
The Admiralty shipping returns for the week give the sinkings over 400 and under 1600 tons at eleven, while twelve ships were unsuccessfully…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Explosion on an American Steamer. Three Hundred Lives Lost. Washington
By an explosion on the steamship Florence 300 of the crew were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An American Steamer Sunk. on Her Maiden Voyage. Over Forty Naval Men Missing
An American steamship, Lake Moor, on her maiden voyage, with a naval crew aboard, was torpedoed in European waters at midnight on April…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Battleship Wrecked
It is reported in Stockholm that it has been found impossible to salve the German battleship Rheinland, which went ashore on the Finnish coast several days ago…
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A cargo steamer of 19,000 tons, the largest French merchantman, has been successfuly launched, despite the fact that the Germans laid mines in its course and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Warship Strikes Steamer 66 Persons Drowned
Sixty-six people lost their lives when the French cruiser rammed the British steamer City of Athens (5604 tons), which was bound from New York to Savannah…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Concrete Steamer an Unqualified Success
As the result of its trial trip around San Francisco Bay the first concrete steamer, Faith, has been called an unqualified success by experts. Cheering throngs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Torpedoed Spanish Steamer Sank in Three Minutes
Reuters Barcelona correspondent states that the survivors of the torpedoed Spanish, steamer, Luisa, have arrived there. The Luisa was attacked while following…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Launched in 27 Days Philadelphia, Mon
The freighter, Tuckahoo, a 5500 ton steamer was launched within 27 days after the keel was laid, creating a world's record for speed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Big Vessel Wrecked. Off Rio Janeiro
A seventeen-thousand tonner, the Highland Scot, has been wrecked off Rio de Janeiro…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Sunk in Collision
A telegram from Gibraltar announces the steamer Clan Mackay was sunk in a collision on May 11. The crew was saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Irish Steamer Torpedoed Thirty-seven Lives Lost
The Irish steamer, Inniscarra, from Fosh[?] has been torpedoed and sunk. Only live, including the captain, were saved. It is believed that 37 were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fishing Vessels Wrecked
Five fishing vessels Lave been wrecked in the ice off Alaska…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Japanese Steamer on Fire
The Japanese freight steamer Burmah Maru, of 10,000 tons, is on fire on the west coast of Vancouver Island, Wireless reports state that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Irish Steamer Torpedoed Only Five Saved
The Irish steamer Inniscarra has been torpedoed. Only five, including the captain, were saved. Thirty lives were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Tank Steamer Lost
Late on Monday it was announced that the tank steamer Herbert Pratt had been sunk. This makes the eleventh ship known to have been lost since Sunday…
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