Relief Steamer Sunk. Twenty-six Men Drowned. Rotterdam
The Belgian Relief Committee's steamer Harpalyeo was mined or submarined off the Noordhinden lightship, though she was supplied with papers promising, to…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915
215 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 11
Wreck of the Dunbar. Sole Survivor's Death. Sydney
Mr. James Johnson, of Dulwich Hall the solo survivor of the wreck of the Dunbar, died at his residence at a late hour last night, aged 78 years. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer Excursion
A moonlight excursion in aid of the Newcastle Hospital is to be held on Wednesday evening next. The steamer Newcastle will leave the company's wharf…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dutch Steamer Sunk. Sensation in Holland. London
The Dutch steamer Katwijk, 2040 tons, belonging to a Rotterdam firm, was torpedoed and sunk off North Hinder. The vessel was laden with grain, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Swedish Steamer. Sunk Off Peterhead. London
The Swedish steamer Folka was mined or torpedoed off Peterhead. The crew were saved after having been adrift for 14 hours,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Greek Steamer. Torpedoed in North Sea Amsterdam
The Greek steamer Eills Pontos, bound from Ymuiden to Monte Video, was torpedoed in the North Sea. The crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dutch Steamer Sunk. in the North Sea. London
The Dutch vessel Olands, coal-laden, proceeding from Seaham, in Durham, towards Rotterdam, was sunk in the North Sea…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attack on a Steamer. Copenhagen
The steamer Uranius met a Zeppelin when off Lowestoft. The date is not mentioned. The airship followed the steamer for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Danish Steamer. Captured by Germans. Copenhagen
The Germans captured a Danish steamers laden with agricultural produce for Grimsby. The vessel was taken to Syit…
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Senator Pearce, the Minister for Defence, announced this afternoon that, H.M.A.S. Encounter captured the German island trading auxiliary schooner…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Steamer Sunk. London
A German submarine sank the British steamer Edwie, from the River Plate. The crew landed on the Scilly Islands…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Ophelia. an Alleged Spy. London
The Prize Court in London has begun a investigation of the case of the German an steamer Ophelia, captured early in premier last while flying the Rod Cross…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Schooner Ayesha. Fremantle
Captain Reich, master of the steamer Hellenic, which arrived from Sweden, relates an interesting incident in connection with the escape of the Emdon's crew…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Submarines. Danish Steamer Sunk London
A German submarine, by gunfire, sank the trawler Stratton, in the North Sea, and the schooner Earl of Latham, of Kinsale Head, on the Irish coast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scenes in Britain. German Shops Wrecked. London
A number of German shops in Livepool were wrecked by a mob. At Everton, a northern district of Liver- pool, 20 rioters were arrested. Their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wrecked Liner. the Loss of Life. Distressing Incidents. London
The Cunard Company states that out of the 2178 passengers and crew of the steamer Lusitania, the survivers are:— Passengers...437…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Decoy Steamer. Perth
The R.M.S. Osterley, which arrived at Fremantle this morning had a most exciting voyage. "On leaving London," said one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Sunk. in the North Sea London
The steamer Queen Wilhelmina, 3590 tons, has been sunk in the North Sea. The steamer withstood considerable shelling, but eventually a second torpedo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lusitania's Lifeboat. Dead Women and Children. London
A lifeboat belonging to the Lusitania has been picked up, floating bottom up, off Fastnet Lighthouse, the most southerly point of Ireland, which contained the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Riots in Johannesburg. German Houses Wrecked. Johannesburg
Serious anti-German riots have taken place. The premises of the wholesale German and Austrian butchers the beer saloons and merchant firms, were…
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