Steamer Seriously Damaged Sydney
The steamer Cumberland 8993 tons,which left Sydney on Thursday for England, was seriously damaged early on Friday morning two miles off Gabo…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917
80 stories in New England's papers · page 3 of 4
The Wrecked Cumberland
The Cumberland is lying with her decks awash. The hold is full of water. A gaping hole burst in the side of the ship. Salvage is quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ketch Lost on Victorian Coast
The ketch Vision was wrecked off the Victorian coast. The captain and a seaman named Hemming were washed ashore in an open boat. The latter was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Marine Disaster. Explosions on Steamer
Further particulars regarding the disaster to the steamer Cumberland show that enormous damage was done by the explosions aboard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer on Fire
The steamer Chilka, bound from [?]dras to Rangoon, was abandoned on fire. There were 1700 aboard. It is feared, there were many fatalities…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Burned. Cargo of Oils
The schooner Elaine May, laden with kerosene and benzine, was destroyed by Are at Suva…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Overdue Steamer Turns Up
The Union Company's earn steamer, which was reported overdue, is returning to New Zealand in a disabled [?]dition. The broke down owing to a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Steamer Captured
The Admiralty report that one of oar sabmariaes in the North Bra cm Friday captured the Germen steamer Batavier. The crew [?] the ship…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shipwrecked Women. Mongolia's Passengers Return. Underskibt As Distress Signal
Some of the ill-fated Mongella's passengers, including the first woman survivers from a raised ship to return to Australia, have arrived in Sydney. To…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hospital Ship Ashore. New York
It is reported from Halifax that hospital ship from England is The soldiers were rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mail Steamer Mooltan Sunk
The Navy Department has announced that the mail steamer Mooltan was sunk in the Mediterranean on the voyage from Sydney to London. All…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Missing
The Rurns Phillip steamer Matumsa bound from Sydney to Rabaul is missing she was last heard of on August 5th when she wirelessed that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Overdue. Anxiety as to Her Fate
The navy Office has announces cause for grave anxiety regarding the fate of the steamer Matunga, which left Sydney on July 27 and Brisbane on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Missing Steamer. Still no Trace
Three steamers reached Rabaul without sighting any trace of the missing steamer Matunga…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sixty Years Ago. Wreck of the Dunbar
It was 60 years ago on Monday night since the ship Dunbar was wrecked at The Gap, South Head, Sydney. The vessel sailed from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dunbar Tragedy. Sixtieth Anniversary. Great Wreck Recalled
Although it is 60 years since [?] clipper snip Dunbar (Captain Jan [?] Green) was wrecked on the rocks,[?] the Gap, near South Head, this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Norwegian Steamer. Strikes Rock in Pacific
The Norwegian steamer Ke[?]west struck a rock on the voyage across the Pacific and limped to port…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Tragedy of Sixty Years Ago. Wreck Op the Dunbar
It was 60 years on Monday night last since the ship Dunbar was wrecked at the Gap, near South Head, Sydney. The vessel, which…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wreckage
"Prior to the war—early in 1914—the Government debts of the world were about £8,250,000, and in three years of war they have approximately grown by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Steamer Sunk. Another Explosion Outrage
The big cargo carrier, Port Kembla, which belonged to the Commonwealth ind Dominion fleet of oversea steamers, sunk while off Cape…
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