Red Cross Steamer Captain's Collections
Since the outbreak of the war. Captain Rolls, of the Union Steamship Company, in the Canadian-Australian mail service, has collected among the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918
68 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 4
Missing Schooner. Beached on Northern Island
The missing schooner Swordflsh has been beached at Percy Island, Queensland, where the vessel arrived in a sinking condition…
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Heavy westerly gales were experienced by vessels off the Victorian coast and in Bass Straits. The steamer Riverina was struck by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Moldavia Torpedoed
Cable news reports that when the armed mercantile cruiser Moldavia was torpedoed and sunk on Thursday the moon was shining. The look-out,…
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The American schooner "Expansion," bound from San Francisco to Suva has become a total wreck on the Suva reef…
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The Ashmore, a Norewegian barque well known at Australian ports, has become a total wreck. While on the voyage to St. John to load for Sydney, she…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mail Steamer's Adventures
The South African mart steamer Kenilworth Castle, homeward hound, with over 300 passengers, including Mr. Burton. Minister for Railways, arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In Tough with a Hurricane. American Schooner's Plight
The American schooner Betsy Ross, bound from Melbourne to San Francisco with a cargo of wheat put into Port Jackson in distress…
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The Burns Philip steamer Makambo it ashore at Lord Howe Island. A salvage plant has been sent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Kyarra Torpedoed and Sunk
It is announced that the steamer Kyarra, 6952 tons, has been torpedoed and sunk. For some years before the war the Kyarra was one of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Explosion on Steamer. Washington
The Government announces that the vessel destroyed by the explosion was merely a targe river steamer. ABOUT PEOPLE…
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The stranded steamer Makambo has been refloated and temporarily repaired prior to being conveyed to Sydney, where she will be docked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Wimmera Mined
The enemy mines have accounted for another Australian steamer in home waters. The Wimmera of the Huddart Parker line while on a voyage from…
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A survey of the steamer Makambo, which recently went ashore at Lord Howe Island, disclosed that the vessel was seriously damaged. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Mined. in Australian Waters. Sydney
The enemy mines have accounted for another Australian steamer in home waters. The Wimmera, of the Huddart Parker line, while on a voyage from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Excursion Steamer Capsizes. San Francisco
The Pooria-Hlinols excursion steamer Columbia, with 663 passengers and a crew of 30, capsized. It is estimated that from 70 to 100 people have…
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The steamer Malachite, bound from Queensland to Port Kembla, stranded on Red Point, south of Port Kembla breakwater. She carries 230 tons of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer's Rough Voyage
The Japanese steamer Kenton Maru has arrived in Melbourne after a boisterous voyage from Sydney. The vessel was compelled to shelter in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shipwrecked Crews
A ship left a canadian part last Saturday to bring from Malmon Island to Australis the crews of the wrecked ships John Murray and Annie Larsen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian Steamer Sunk. Heavy Loss of Life
The Australian cargo steamer Southborough has been torpedoed and sunk in European waters. There were only eight survivors, including two…
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