Swedish Steamer Sunk Oslo, September 25
The Swedish steamer, Gertrud Bratt, on the way to England with wood pulp, was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine…
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British Steamer Sunk Without Warning London, September 25
The British ship, Hazelside, 4646 tons, was sunk without warning a snort distance off the coast to-day. Twelve of the crew of 24 are reported…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Swedish Steamer Sunk; Plane Accompanies Submarine Oslo, September 24
The 1510 ton Swedish steamer Gertrud Bratt, which was proceeding to England with a cargo of wood pulp, was torpedoed arid sunk by a German…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seamen Walk Off Steamer After Demanding War Bonus of £50 BRISBANE
Forty-seven members of the crew of an overseas ship now at Brisbane decided to-day not to man the vessel until they were each paid a war bonus of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Naval Activity Danish Vessels Seized Finnish Steamer Trapped London, September 30
It is reported from Copenhagen that German warships stopped the Danish steamers, Rot[?] and Diana, which were on route to England…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Neutral Powers Forced to Blockade Britain Germans Sink Danish Steamer; Eleven Lose Lives COPENHAGEN, October 2
The [?] [?] to [?] was [?] without warning by a German submarine in the North Sea, off…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer? New; York, October 4
It was the German pocket battleship Admiral Scheer which sank the British freighter' Clement (5051 tons), off Brazilian' coast, said 16 survivors…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Steamer Captured London, October 4
The Copenhagen correspondent of Associated Press of Great Britain states that the Germans have captured the Swedish steamer Themis, which…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German Steamer Sunk Neutral Shipping Warned LONDON, October 4
A German steamer, of 8000 tons, laden with iron ore from Sweden, was sunk by a mine near Borkum, a German summer resort at the mouth of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dutch Steamer Sunk London, October 8
The Dutch steamer Binnendijk which was en route to Amsterdam from New York, was sunk in the English [?] The crew of 41 took to the life…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Threatened Steamer Being Convoyed to America Washington
It is announced that the steamer Iroquois, carrying 574 passengers, and a crew at 275; which the Germans reported the British would…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Turned Raider, Is Belief San Jose (Costa Rica), Oct 10
A flagless steamer, apparently the Havelland disguised, was sighted off Cape Velas, on the Pacific coast lending credence to the belief that she may…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Swedish Steamer Sunk Another Submarine Victim British Ship Partially Destroyed London, October 10
A submarine sank the Swedish steamer, Vistula, in the North Sea on October 8. Nine of the crew have arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →German Steamer Captured London, October 12
The German steamer, Capnorte, which limped out from Pernambuco, has been captured in the South Atlantic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Steamer's Disguise Failed London, Oct. 14
It is stated that when captured recently the German merchantman Cap Norte was found to have been repainted. She had substituted Ancona…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Norwegian Steamer Hits Mine and Sinks
The Norwegian steamer Gressholm struck a mine in the North Sea on Friday. Three members of the crew were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mutiny on German Steamer Bogota (Colombia), October 17
The German crew of the steanner Heligoland mutinied when ordered to sail for Hamburg. They claim that there was danger of being sunk by an…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Steamer in Distress New York, October 18
The coast guard cutter, Duana, is hurrying to the aid of the British steamer, Blairbeg, which has lost its rudder chains, south of Newfoundland…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →300 Survivors of Steamer Picked Up Washington, October 18
The Maritime Commission has been notified that the American freighter. Independence Hall, has rescued 300 survivors from a steamer, identified…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Was Japanese Steamer Attacked by a Russian Patrol? Tokio, October 18
Naval authorities are inquiring into the fate of the steamer, Myoco Maru, which is missing off Vladivostock. Fragmentary wireless messages were…
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