Steamer on Fire. Believed to Have Sunk. Tangier
The Greek steamer Salominia, ironladen for Glasgow, was seen near Tarifa, enveloped in flames. The vessel is believed to have…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916
177 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 9
Wreck of the Carelmapu
Particulars have been received of the wreck of the Chilian ship Carelmapu, which was recently briefly reported by cable message…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In Eastern Africa. German Armed Steamer Captured. London
The commander of a naval expedition on Lake Tanganyika says that he attacked on the 26th December the Gorman armed steamer Kingani, and compelled its…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Planes Attack Steamer. Brilliant Seamanship
The Acovet, the steamship which was attacked by three German warplanes at the outset of her journey from Rotterdam to Manchester, was moored alongside No…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Italian Steamer. Mined in the Adriatic. Rome
An Italian steamer has been mined in the Adriatic. Two hundred persons perished. The steamer carried 425 Montenegrin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Sunk. Members of the Crew Saved. London
The steamer Clan Macfarlane, 4779 tons, of Glasgow, was sunk on December 30th. The chief officer and engineer, and four other officers, with 18 lascars, have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italian Steamer Mined. Rome
The steamer Brindisi, of S8 tons, registered at Ban, and the steamer Citta di Pelermo, a vessel of over 3000 tons, have been sunk by mines in the Adriatic. Nearly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Spanish Steamer Sunk. Twenty-five Men Drowned. London
"Lloyd's" reports that the Spanish steamer Bayo has been mined and sunk off Chassirin. Twenty-five men were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Munition Factory. Wrecked by Explosion. Vancouver
The factory of the Kelker Blower Company in Buffalo, who was engaged in the manufacture of war munitions has been wrecked by an explosion…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Sunk. London
The Dominion liner Norseman, of 9542 tons, owned by the British and North Atlantic Steam Navigation Company, Limited, of Liverpool, has been sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In the Black Sea. Steamer Blown Up Salonica
Stamboul advices state that the enemy recently collected a number of Russian mines round the entrance to the Bosphorus, and put them aboard a steamer in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipwrecked People. Picked Up at Sea. London
An Italian steamer has picked up boats containing crow and passengers of the Cunard steamer Pollentia, 2229 tons. The vessel was lost in a gale while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Liner Appam Believed to Be Lost. Empty Lifeboat Found London
The West African liner Appam, of 7781 tons, is believed to have been lost. A battered lifeboat, belonging to the steamer, has been picked up at Madeira…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ship Ashore. at King Island. Melbourne
A wireless message received to-day from King Island, Tasmania, states that the Norwegian ship Sorfareren, 2470 tons, Captain Stray, is ashore on the north-east…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision at Sea. Ship Ben Lee Wrecked. London
The steel ship Ben Lee, 2341 tons, bound from Liverpool to Sydney, New South Wales, collided with an American liner about 20 miles to the south-west of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Appam Closely Guarded. No One Allowed Ashore. London
The London "Daily Telegraph's" New York correspondent states:—All night the Appam was closely guarded, and nobody allowed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Volador. Launceston
The captain and crew of the barquentine Volador, which was wrecked on the beach of Big Mussel Roe on Sunday, have arrived here from Gladstone. The captain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Calliope
After a passage of seventy days from New York to Newcastle, inclusive of calls at several ports, the steamer Calliope arrived in port on Saturday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. West Front Fighting. Enemy Bombarded. Their Trenches Wrecked. Great Damage Done. Paris
The latest communique states: The Franco-British artiliery destructively bombarded the German trenches at Boesingtle, and silenced two batteries cast of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on a Steamer. in the Straits of Dover. London
A fire broke out on the naval boarding steamer Peel Castle in the Straits of Dover. Tugs from Dover, and other craft,…
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