Wreck Statistics for 1914
The statistical summary of vessels totally lost, broken up, condemned, etc., now published by Lloyd's Register of Shipping, shows that, during 1914, the gross…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915
215 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 11
Yambacoona Ashore. Reaches Port Safely
The well-known coastal collier Ya[?]bacoona went on the reef about a mile south-cast of Nobbys at twenty minutes past one o'clock yesterday morning, while past one o'clock yesterday morning, while…
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The British steamer Cymbellno, 4505 tons, has been sunk. Six of the crow were killed, six injured, and thirty-one landed…
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The Harrison line Steamer Dictator 4116 tons, of Liverpool; has been torpedeed and sunk, but her crew of forty-two have been landed…
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The British steamer Mimosa, 9466 tons, belonging to the Anglo-American' Oil Company, has been sunk. The crow were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Relief Steamer Sunk. Amsterdam
The master of the Dutch steamer Po[?] reports that be observed a, British Steamer, flying the Belgia[?], Relief Committees, flag. in a [?]inking condition…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer on Fire. Carrying Italian Reservists. New York
The steamer Sant Anna, with 1600 Italian reservists on board, has been reported [?]in mid-atlantic. A later message states that the Sant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Mutlah. Thursday Island
The steamer Mutlah, which was recently aground at Bramble Cay, has reached Thursday Island, after having jettisoned 27 tons of coal…
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It transpires that it was the Greek steamer Athinal, 6742 tons, belonging to the National Steam Navigation Company, of Piraous, which was abandoned afire…
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The British steamer Horden (1413 tons) has been sunk. The crew were saved. The steamer Linkmore, 4306 tons, has also been sunk. The crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Curlew. All Hands Saved. Melbourne
Wilson's Promontory advises that the steamer Manawatu cleared at 7 p.m., and reports having on board the crow of the scow Curlew, which is wrecked on the Dig…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Steamer. Torpedoed by British. Copenhagen
The crew of the German steamer Lulea landed at [?]alster, a Danish island in the Baltic. They reported that a British submarine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Riot in Constantinople. Italian Embassy Wrecked Rome
Rioters in Constantinople wrecked the Italian Embassy there. The police did not interfere, and the American Ambassador has lodged a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Torpedoed Steamer. Norwegian Skipper's Experience
There is in port at Newcastle at the present, time a master mariner who has had the experience of a vessel under his command being torpedoed by a German…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mysterious Steamer. Stopped in Dutch Indies. San Francisco
Prow reports arriving from the Dutch East [?] indicate that a mysterious [?] the Maverick, which was [?] there through the agency of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Transports Sunk. Another Driven Ashore. Petrograd
An official communique states:—British Submarines. In the Baltle sank five German transports, and forced another, to run ashore…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Ship Driven Ashore. London
The French ship Amiral Couvat, bound from Queenstown to New Zealand, was driven ashore during a fierce gale at Kinsale Head, south coast Ireland…
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A German submarine in the Aegean Sea sank the Italian steamer Sicilia, 5180 tons, of Genoa, without giving any warning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cotton Steamer. on Fire at Sea. Charleston
The Mallory liner Colorado, 2765 tons, of New York, bound for that city with a cargo of cotton, became a fire at sea. It is reported tha[?] another steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cotton Steamer. Arrives in Port. Vancouver
The Mallory liner Colorado, which set out cotton-laden on the voyage to New York a few days ago, and took fire, was not abandoned as reported…
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