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New England · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

65 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 4

The Marsina Ashore

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1915 · page 4

BRISRASR, Monday.—The steamer Mareina, which went ashore near Cooktown ([?]), has the fore portion well up on a reef, and the stern is afloat. The passengers have been…

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Still the Gorren. Spanish Naval Programme. Italian Schooner Fired on "Germany's Unpreparedness." Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 5

It is reported from Constantinople that Turkish are returning minus their smoke stacks and with canvas [?] over their sides…

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Dardanelles Bombardment Beginning of Serious Operations. Armed Merchantman Fires on Mail Steamer. Prussians Jubilant. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 5

The London "Times" says that the bombardment of the Dardanelles appears to mark the beginning of serious operations…

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Steamer Sunk in British Channel. British Troops in German Africa. India's Loyalty to Great Britain. Sydney, Thursday 8.34 a.m

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 6

The steamer Oskby has been sunk in the British Channel. The crew were saved. The British troops occupied an…

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A Steamer on Fire. Saved on Reaching Sydney. Sydney

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 8 March 1915 · page 2

A cargo steamer of the Canadian transport, 4139 tons, bound from Melbourne to Ocean Island, put into Sydney early this morning with its…

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Torpedo Misses Steamer. Zeppelins in the North Sea. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 15 March 1915 · page 3

A submarine torpedo missed the steamer Helen on Thursday, eight alien from the Mersey bar. An officer of the collier Lachope saw…

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Smallpox on a Steamer

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 4

Sydney, Thursday.—The [?] steamer Umballe, upon arrives at Hobson's Bay yesterday was [?]tined owing to [?] [?] of [?]…

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Another Steamer Sunk. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 3

The steamer [?] was torpedoed off New[?]. An apprentice was drooped. Captain Bell, of the steamer…

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Germans Seize a Dutch Steamer. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 4

The Germans have seized a Dutch steamer…

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American Steamer Sunk. in Atlantic

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 25 March 1915 · page 6

The American steamer Denber has been sunk in the Atlantic, when returning from Bremerhaven, north of Bremen…

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To-day's Wires. Aeroplane Attackd Steamer

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 25 March 1915 · page 6

A German aeroplane repeatedly failed to bombard the steamer Pandion in the British Channel. Five bombs fell within fifteen yards…

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German Trawler Fires Upon Dutch Steamer

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 25 March 1915 · page 6

A German steam trawler fired upon a dutch steamer, but the latter escaped…

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Steamer Escapes Submarine. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 6

The steamer Dunedin was pursued by a submarine off the Irish Coast, but managed to escape by travelling full speed ahead…

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The War. Another Steamer Sunk. Kaiser's "Young Scamp of a Son." General Suicides. Zeebrugge Bombarded. London

The Inverell Times · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 4

The German submarine U28 torpedoed the steamer Flamiena off Glasgow, bound for Capetown, off the Seilly Isles. The crew was landed…

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Norwegian Steamer Bellridge

The Inverell Times · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 4

Experts have proved that the steamer Bellridge's damage was due to a German torpedo. This was the first neutral vessel…

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Steamer Wrecked

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 15 April 1915 · page 6

The steamer Raka[?] has been wrecked in Cook's Strait. The…

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British Steamer Torpedoed. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 15 April 1915 · page 5

The Germans nearly succeeded in sinking another British steamer. This was the Wayfarer, a vessel of 9599 tons, built in Belfast in 1903…

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Women and Child in Rigging 29 Lives Saved Cornish Wreck. Pet of the Crew and H[?]

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 15 April 1915 · page 9

The FA[?] ENG[?] correspondent of the London. Daily Mail of February 15 sends the [?] description…

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The Wreck of the Dunbar

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 19 April 1915 · page 7

Mr. James Johnson who was the sole [?] of the [?]…

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British Submarine Ashore. Destroyed by British Crews. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 22 April 1915 · page 6

In order that the British submarine which grounded in the Dardanelles might not fall into the hands of the enemy, she was destroyed by picket…

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