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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

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Steamer's Brave Defence Three Hours' Running Fight. Submarine in Puesuit

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 13 April 1916 · page 7

The story of the fight between a British merchant steamer and a Germar submarine was graphically told nt Plymouth on the arrival of Captain Robert…

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British Steamer Sunk. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 17 April 1916 · page 4

Lloyds reports that the British steamer Shenandoah was mined and sunk. Two of the crew are raising…

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Zeppelin Wrecked

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 2

Amsterdam reports that the wreck of a Zeppelin passed through Belgium on the way to Germany…

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A Steamer Torp[?]dobd

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 8 May 1916 · page 4

"Sixty officers and crew of the steamer [?] of Lucknow, the victim of an enemy submarine,have arrived at m[?]…

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German Steamer Adrift. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 8 May 1916 · page 3

The German steamer Telde, which has been sheltering at Teneriffe since the war began, drifted seaward daring rough weather, and was captured by a…

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German Steamer Sunk

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 23 May 1916 · page 2

Two German steamers carrying coal were sunk on Sunday night by submarines on the southern coast in the Baltic Sea…

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Survivors Washed Ashore. Others May Yet Be Discovered. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 12 June 1916 · page 3

It is officially stated that a raft containing 12 survivors from the Hampshire was washed ashore. Further details are noxiously awaited…

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Latest Telegraphic News. Trading Vess[?]l Wrecked Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 15 June 1916 · page 4

A small Japanese trading ve[?] was wrecked on Oncata Racf, Fiji. The crew of are was [?]…

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Steamer Dunstar Castle. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 13 July 1916 · page 4

Later information respecting the wreck of the steamer Dunstar Castle on the West Australian Coast, show the crew to have experienced a terrible…

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Steamer Ecclesia Arrives at Algiers. (Reuter's Telegram). London, Tuesday Morning

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 19 July 1916 · page 5

The captain and eighteen of the crew of the steamer Ecoelsia, which was submarined in the Mediterranean, has arrived at Algie[?]s…

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Zeppelin Wrecked

The Inverell Times · Friday 21 July 1916 · page 4

It is reported from Cologne that Russian guns wrecked a Zeppelin at Riga…

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Steamer Released

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 22 July 1916 · page 4

After being held up by the Federal authorities for over six months, the steamer Innaminkka has been granted permission to leave Australia. The…

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Murder on Mail Steamer

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 24 July 1916 · page 4

A wireless message received by the police yesterday, stated that a murder carried on the mail steamer…

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Steamer Re-floated

The Inverell Times · Friday 28 July 1916 · page 4

The steamer "Five Islands was successfully floated off the rocks in Botany Bay last night, after stranding early in the morning…

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Steamer's Captain Shot by Germans. Sensation in Britain. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 31 July 1916 · page 4

A wireless message states that the German Naval Court sentenced to death Captain Charles Frystt, of the steamer Brussels, on the ground that…

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Late Cables [Th[?] Our Ga[?] [?]] Steamer Ranoatira Wreked

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 4 August 1916 · page 5

Cap[?] Wednsday Night.—The [?] [?] Rec[?] to his tons [?] [?] Cap[?] during Match whilst on a [?] from London to [?] and [?]…

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Cholera on Steamer. (Reuter's Telegram). London, Friday Morning

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 5 August 1916 · page 4

The Japanese steamer Rawai Miru has been quarantined at Yokohama, owing to the discovery of fifteen cases of cholera. There were four fatalities…

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Another Steamer Sunk. Sydney

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 7 August 1916 · page 4

Another Danish steamer has been sunk…

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Famous Wreck [?]

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 21 August 1916 · page 5

It was 50 years ago yesterday [?] the Dunbar was wrecked at the Gap, South Head. The disaster still stands as the most awful that has yet…

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Japanese Steamer Ashore

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 30 August 1916 · page 4

The Japanese steamer Nikko Maru was driven ashore hear Townsville on Sunday night during tempestuous weather. She was later on refloated…

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