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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918

139 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 7

Steamer Malachite Ashore Sydney

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 July 1918 · page 3

Carrying a cargo of blister copper for the Electrolytic Zine Company, the steamer Malachite, 605 tons, went ashore on the rocks off Red Point, Wollongong, last night…

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Glasgow Steamer Sinks

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 July 1918 · page 2

As a result of a collision, says a message from Buenos Aires, the British steamer Induna has been sunk. The crew his been saved…

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Choera on Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 17 July 1918 · page 2

Six members of the crew of a steamer which has arrived at Stockholm from Petrograd are suffering from Asiatic cholera. One man has died from the disease…

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On the Seas. a Spanish Steamer Sunk. by a German Submarine, After Notice That Spanish Minister Was Aboard. London

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 19 July 1918 · page 2

Reuters' Athens correspondent says that a Spanish steamer, with the Spanish Minister to Greece aboard, en route to Spain, was…

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Steamer Too Close to Shore the Piaster Fined £50. SYDNEY

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 July 1918 · page 3

In the Summons Court to-day the master of an oversea steamer was charged under the War Precautions Act with having brought his vessel too close to a…

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Steamer Runs Down Fishing Boat Two Persons Drowned. Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 22 July 1918 · page 3

The steamer Leura ran into and sank the fishing boat, Ivy Florence, three miles from the North West Channel pile light in Hobson's Bay last night…

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Another Steamer Torpedoed. Only Eight Survivors Melbourne

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 July 1918 · page 2

The Acting Minister for the Navy announced this afternoon that news had been received that the steamer Southborough had been torpedoed in European waters…

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Armed Cruiser Marmora Sunk. Destroyer Runs Ashore

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 29 July 1918 · page 3

The Admiralty reports that the armed mercantile cruiser Marmora was torpedoed by a German submarine last Tuesday. Ten of the crew are missing…

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T.b.d. Goes Ashore. P. and O. Boat Submarined. U-boat's Appalling Fright Fulness

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 30 July 1918 · page 2

A British torpedo boat destroyer ran ashore and sank. Thirteen of the crew are missing. The Admiralty announces that the…

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Japanese Steamer Wrecked Off American Coast. Vancouver

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 1 August 1918 · page 3

Reuter's Vancouver correspondent announces that the Japanese steamer, Canada Main, inward bound with 100 passengers has been wrecked during a fog off…

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Submarine in Bay of Fundy American Schooner Torpedoed

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 5 August 1918 · page 3

Reuter's Vancouver correspondent announce that a submarine has torpedoed a submarine has torpedoed a lumber schooner in the Bay of Fundy. The crew of nine been landed at…

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Returned Soldiers Active. Labor Temple Wrecked. Through Strike Being Declared

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 5 August 1918 · page 3

A message from Vancouver states:—Returned soldiers raided the Labor Temple here and wrecked the interior of the building…

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Australian Ambulance Steamer Sunk. Eight Hundred Aboard. One Hundred Lives Lost. (Published in "The Times.") LONDON

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 6 August 1918 · page 2

The Australian ambulance steamer Warbilla has been sunk. There were 800 aboard, including 600 wounded…

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Tank Steamer Jennings. Survivors Reach Norfolk

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 7 August 1918 · page 2

Thirty survivors from the tank steamer Jennings. which was sunk by a submarine on Sunday off the Virginian coast, have reached Norfolk, says a message from…

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Norwegian Steamer Sunk

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 15 August 1918 · page 2

It is announced by the American Navy Department that the Norwegian steamer Sommerstad was torpedoed on monday, 20 miles south-east of Friesland. There…

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Latest Telegrams. Sydney. Friday Evening. Survivors of Kyarra Wreck Reach Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 20 August 1918 · page 1

Amongst the soldiers who arrived at Sydney today, were eleven members of the sea transport service; who were on the ill-fated Kyarra,…

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Steamer Sunk in Collision

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Wednesday 21 August 1918 · page 3

A Washington message says that the merchant steamer Proteus (4836 tons) has been sunk in a collision. The cre[?] was rescued…

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Austrian Steamer Sunk. Two Seaplanes Captured

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 22 August 1918 · page 2

An Italian naval communique states that Submarine F7 crossed the mined areas in the Upper Adriatic, and entered the Gulf of Quarnerolo, where she…

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On the Seas. Dutch Steamer Sunk. When Conveying Relief to the Belgians. Last Month's Sinkings. Spanish and German Shipping

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 23 August 1918 · page 2

The butch steamer Gasconier, while en route from Brooklyn to Rotterdam, with foodstuffs for the Belgian Relief Committee, was fired on without…

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Germans in Samoa. Attempt to Capture Steamer

The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Monday 26 August 1918 · page 4

It is reported that an attempt has been made in Samoa by a band of Germans to capture a steamer trading in the islands, and utilise it for the purpose of raiding…

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