Gale in the North Sea. German Sailors Washed Ashore. Copehagen
The heaviest gale in living memory is sweeping Denmark and the German coast. A number of bodies of German Jack Tars have been washed ashore at…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914
261 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 14
Escape After Capture. the Steamer Southport. Brisbane
The steamer Southport, 3500 tons, arrived at Pinkenba to-day from the Caroline Islands with a sensational story of her capture there by a German…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stopped Twice by Warships. Japanese Steamer's Exciting Trip. Sydney
The Japanese steamer Inaba Maru arrived this morning at Circular Quay from Japan, after an exciting trip. Twice they were held up by warships, and at all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fanning Station Wrecked. Cable Not Cut. Sydney
News to hand by the R.M.S. Maramn, which arrived in Sydney this morning from San Francisco, indicates that the Pacific cable, which has not been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Steamer Sunk. London
The cruiser Leipzig sank the steamer Bankfielder, which had 500,000dol. worth of sugar on board. The crow was landed at Callao…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Wrecks in July
The number and net tonnage of British vessels respecting whose loss reports were received at the Board of Trade during the month of July, 1914, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamers Wrecked. London
Sixteen survivors from the Norwegian steamer Thromoe have arrived at South Shields. The vessel was wrecked through…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Scharzfel. Adelaide
The German steamer Scharzfel, which was seized when war was declared between Britain and Germany, left Port Adelaide for Melbourne to-day, in charge of Captain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Australic London
The steamer Australia has left Gothenburg for Sydney; via ports…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Induna. Arrival at Sydney. Sydney
The Burns, Philp, and Company's steamer Induna, which was captured by the Germans at Jaluit, the crew being held as prisoners of war, arrived safely in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Steamer Sunk. Greek Steamer Captured London
The Admiralty reports that a British warship sank the Hamburg-Amerika steamer Markomannia, of 4595 tons, in the vicinity of Sumatra, and captured the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ketch Rozelle Ashore. All Hands Saved
The heavy weather that has been experienced on the coast since Friday has been responsible for the ketch Rozelle going ashore…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Matters in Sydney. Patriotic Fund, £307,092. Japanese Steamer's Escape. Sydney
The Lord Mayor's Fund amounts to £146,650 9s 11d, the War Fund to £58,894, and the Belgian to £50,532. The aggregate of the patriotic funds is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Inhumanity. Attempt Against Refugees. Attack on Red Cross Steamer. London
The New York "American" publishes a story founded on the affidavits of the engineers aboard the Red Cross, formerly the Hamburg-Amerika steamship…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dutch Steamer. Has a Narrow Escape. Rotterdam
The Dutch steamer Noordam, of 12,531 tons, which struck a floating mine while on her way from New York to Rotterdam, has arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Steamer Captured. Ottawa
A warship captured the German oil tank steamer Brendilla, after she left New York, and brought her to Halifax. The Brendlila was transferred to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Steamer. Suspected of Treason. Vancouver
The steamer Lowther Grange, bound ostensibly for Australia, has been stopped by a British cruiser and brought to Esquimault, on suspicion of having coal on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Persian Steamer. Destroyed by a Mine. Bucharest
The steamer Shiraz, flying the Persian flag, bound for Constantinople, with a cargo of petroleum has been destroyed by a mine at Outinograd…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Refugees in Danger. Steamer Struck a Mine. London
While the steamer Amiral Ganteume, was conveying Belgian refugees to England she struck a mine. After the explosion she commenced to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Cruiser Emden. Another Steamer Sunk. London
The Central News Agency's correspondent at Amsterdam has received a message from Berlin to the effect that the German cruiser Emden has stunk the Japanese…
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