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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

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Wreck of a Hydroplane. Copenhagen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 5

Fishing boats have rescued the crew of a German hydro-aeroplane which was wrecked at Jutland…

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Glasgow Steamer. Sunk in the Channel. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 5

The Glasgow steamer Clan Artney, from Bangkok to London, with a cargo of rice, was torpedoed in the Channel at three o'clock in the morning, and sank in half…

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Germany's Capture. a Dutch Steamer. Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 5

A German warship seleted the Dutch steamer Zaanstroom, laden with eggs, bound for London. The vessel was taken to Zeebrugge…

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Steamer Escapes. Saved by a Destroyer. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 5

Passengers arriving by the steamer Lapland report that while steaming through the Irish Sea a German submarine tried to torpedo the vessel. A Britain…

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Steamer Touches Breakwater

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 5

While the West Australian Government steamer Kwinana was entering the Newcastle harbour shortly after midnight on Monday, she touched the northern…

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A Steamer Sunk. North of Bremen New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 5

The American steamer Denver, of 4540 [?] was sunk in mid-ocean when re[?] from Bremerhaven, on the West[?] north of Bremen…

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The Schooner Ayesha. a Report Denied. Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 5

The "Algemeen Handelsblad" denies a report from Sydney that the schooner Ayesha, in which the Germans who landed at Cocos Island from the Emden made…

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Dutch Steamer. Sunk by Germans. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 5

The German submarine U28 sank the Dutch steamer Medea, to the south of Beachy Head. The crew were rescued…

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Steamer Sunk. Chinese Crew Frightened. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 29 March 1915 · page 5

A submarine sank the British steamer [?] on the way to Boulegne, in the [?]tel. The crew were saved. The ma[?] were Chinese…

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Steamer Milaba. in Distress in the Channel. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 30 March 1915 · page 5

Elder, Dempster, and Company's steamer Milaba, which left Liverpool on Saturday, is in distress in the Bristol Channel. It is believed a submarine…

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Dutch Steamer. Strikes a Mine. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 5

The Admiralty announces that the Dutch steamer Amstol, 853 tons, has struck a mine and sunk off Flamborough on the Yorkshire coast…

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A Steamer Escapes

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 5

A German submarine off the Scilly Isles chased the steamer City of Cambridge, 3844 tons, for an hour and a-half. She fired shells which damaged the…

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Dynamitard Arrested. on French Steamer. Paris

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 5

A man named Raymond Swoboda has been arrested. Incriminating documents found in his possession show that he intended to blows up the trans-Atlantic…

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Steamer Sinking. Loss of Life Reported. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 6 April 1915 · page 5

The steamer Algonquin reports having received a wireless message from the Priaz Mauritz, of the Royal Dutch West ladies company, stating that she is…

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Wreck of the Hornet. Marine Court Inquiry. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 4

The Marine Court hold an inquiry to-day into the foundering of the steam lighter Hornet, which took place off Sydney Heads on March 19th. Judge…

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Swedish Steamer. Seized in the Baltic. Copenhagen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 5

The Germans have seized the Swedish steamer England (2680 tons), in the Baltic Sep. The vessel was laden with maize, and…

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Steamer Ashore. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 5

The coastal trader Wyralla, of 300 tons, went ashore yesterday afternoon, in Waratah Bay, near Wilson's Promontory, owing to a hawer fouling the propeller…

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Supplies for Submarines. Steamer in the North Sea. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 5

The chief officer of a Danish steamer states that he saw a submarine, after staking the Acantha, go alongside a steamer in the vicinity, from which she…

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Collision at Sydney Heads. Patrol Steamer and Collier. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1915 · page 5

The pilot steamer Captain Cook, which is now used by the naval authorities as a patrol steamer, and, the collier Hergu, came into collision off South Reef,…

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Steamer Escapes. After Long Chase. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 April 1915 · page 5

A German submarine chased the Ocean S.S. Company's steamer Thesens (6724 tons) when off the Seilly Islands. The Thesens, when signalled by the…

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