Enemy Steamer. Insured by America. Washington
Despite the British protest, Mr. M'Adoo, the United States Secretary to Treasury, has agreed to issue an insurance on the steamer Dacia's cargo. The…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915
215 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 11
British Steamer. Torpedoed by a Submarine. London
A German submarine torpedoed the British steamer Durward (1301 tons) of the Hook of Holland. The crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Neutral Steamer Mined. Five Persons Perish. Stockholm
The Swedish steamer Drott has been mined in the Gulf of Bothnia. Five persons perished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Oil Steamer on Fire
Thirty-four, lives were lost by the burning of the oil steamer Vedra off Barrow, England, on December 8. Only two of the crew were saved, and these were so…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Viknor. London
Twenty-two naval officers perished in the wreck of the Viknor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Exciting Chase. British Steamer Escapes. London
Holt's steamer Atreu[?] reached the Clyde, after an exciting race with two German submarines of the largest class, carrying a gun art of the conning tower…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Other Victims. a Third British Steamer. London
The third victim of the German submarine U 21 was the steamer Kilcoan, 456 tons, belonging to Harbinson and M'Lean, and registered at Belfast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Asama. on the Mexican Coast. London
The armored cruiser Asama, 9750 tons, 37 guns, has been wrecked on the Mexican coast, near point Bartolomi. The fate of the warship's crew is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Dynamitard. Arrest on a French Steamer. Paris
In consequence of a wireless warning the captain of the Transatiantic Company's steamer Champagne arrested a German passenger, and found five…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Asama. Cause of the Mishap. Washington
The Japanese warship Asama, was lost through striking rocks on the Californian coast during a heavy gale. The officers and crew landed on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Missing Steamer. Celieved to Be Torpedoed. London
The steamer Oriole, with a crew of 22 men bound from London to Le Havre, has not arrived at her destination. It is believed that the vessel was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seizure of a Steamer. Action by Japan. Tokio
The authorities have seized the Norwegian steamer Christian Bors because she surreptitiously conveyed to China Herr Von Hintz, who was lately German…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Wilhelmina. Government Investigating. London
Mr. Neil Primrose the Parliamentary Under-secretary to the Department of Foreign Affairs, stated that the Government was making inquiry into the cargo,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Marsina Ashore. Refloating Doubtful. Brisbane
A telegram received from Cooktown reports that the Burns, Philp steamer Marsina, of 1882 tons, went ashore on B Reef, five miles south of Cooktown, at one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Marsina. Passengers Landed. Cooktown
Burns, Philp's steamer Marsina, which went ashore on D Reef, had aboard 400 tons of cargo and 40 passengers. The fore portion of the steamer is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Mined. in the British Channel. London
The British steamer Wavelet, 2992 tons, Which was bound from Pensacola, Florida to Loith, has been mined in the Channel, and was benched at Deal…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steamer Escapes. Chased by a Submarine. London
Three submarines chased the steamer [?]ham Abbey, which was proceeding from Rotterdam to Hull for an hour and a [?] on the Dutch coast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attacks Upon Vessels. American Steamer Sunk. London
A submarine sank the small coal-laden timer Bownshire on Saturday evening of the Calf on Man, a small island on [?] south coast of the Isle of Man…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Steamer. Sunk Off Germany. Amsterdam
The American steamer Carib, laden with cotton has been mined, and sunk off the German coast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rhine Steamer Stopped. Carrying Contraband. Rotterdam
The Rhine steamer Hanna and the captain proprietor, and others have been [?]rested. Five tons of copper and 3000 bullets…
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