Steamer Woodfield. Casualties Small. London
Additional particulars have been given at the loss of the steamer Woodfield. In answer to Mr. C. G. Hamilton, in the House of Commons, Mr. H. J…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915
215 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 11 of 11
American Steamer. Austrian Submarine's Error. London
The American oil-tank steamer Petrolite, 3710 tons, belonging to the Standard Oil Company, was attacked in the Meditteranean by an Austrian submarine. One…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Officers Captured on a Steamer. Athens
The commander of a German submarine near Messina, boarded a Greek steamer and arrested Colonel Napier, a military attache, and Captain Wilson, M.P…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Second Edition. the War. Oil Steamer Torpedoed. the Crew Drowned. Rome
The Standard Oil Company's talk steamer Communipaw, with fifteen thousand tuns of oil on board, was torpedoed by a submarine, and sunk near Tobruk. A…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamers Ashore. Socotra's Cargo Intact. London
The steamer Star of New Zealand, 4418 tons, which went ashore on the rocks near Ushant, was badly holed. The weather is very bad, and salvage is, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Seized. Off American Coast Washington
A British cruiser has seized the s.s. Winnibago, off the South American coast, salling under the American flag. The question or the ownership of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Pervenche. Disabled Off New Hebrides Melbourne
Mr. Mahon, the Minister for External Affairs has received a cable message from Mr. S. King the Resident Commissioner at Villa, in the New Hebrides,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer on Fire. German Work New York
The British steamer Tyninghame has returned to port on fire. Chemicals caused an explosion in a cargo of sugar consigned to Britain…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Steamer. Stopped by French Cruiser. New York
A French cruiser stopped the American steamer San Juan, and removed two German passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Cargo Steamer. Rescued Under Fire Paris
The latest communique states that a British cargo steamer ran ashore on the Belgian coast. German seaplanes tried to sink her with bombs, but the Allies'…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Orteric Sunk. London
The steamer Orteric has been sunk. Her crew were saved, except two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ketch Ashore. Sydney
A message to the Navigation Department states that the ketch Doris is ashore on the northern breakwater at Lake Macquarie, and is making water…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coastal Steamer Founders. Crew Escape in Boat. Sydney
The Wandra, one of the fleet of coasters belonging to Allan Taylor and Company. Limited, foundered late last night off the Drumsticks, about seven miles north of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Titanic. Settlement of Claims. New York
The White Star Company has agreed to pay £644,000 in settlement of all the claims for compensation through the Titanic disaster. Only about one-tenth of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Koonya. Strahan
The s.s. Koonya was believed to be in difficulties, as she was seen to stop. It is believed that nothing serious has occurred as she moved on during the…
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