Dutch Steamer. Suspicious Movements. London
City shippers discussing the capture of the Appam, point out that a Dutch steamer which recently arrived in America took six months to cross the…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916
177 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 9
Barque Senorita Ashore. Melbourne
Early this morning the three-masted barquentine Senorita, 325 tons, bound from Auckland to Melbourne, went ashore at Lonsdale on the Queenscliff…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Submarined Steamer. Action at Law. London
An action, upon the result of which other claims, totalling £200,000, depend, arose through the submarining of the Tokomaru…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Riots at Liverpool. Hotels Looted and Wrecked. Liverpool
When the mutinous soldiers from Casula marched to Liverpool the hotelkeepers, fearing a disturbance, closed their premises and barred the windows…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Zeppelin Wrecked. the Crew Interned Amsterdam
A storm in Belgium carried away a Zeppelin, which landed in the Dutch frontier town of Venloo. It was wrecked, and the craw has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Socotra. Captain's Statement. London
Evidence given at the Board of Trade inquiry into the, wreck of the steamer Socotra, 6009 tons, which went ashore near Boulogne early in December, showed that…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck and Ruin
The best preventive against idleness is to start with the deep-seated conviction of the earnestness of life. Whatever men say of the world, it is certainly no stage…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Wreck of the Socotra. Marine Court Decision. London
The Marine Court gave its decision yesterday in regard to the wreck of the s.s. Socotra on the French coast. It found that the mishap wan due to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Small Steamer Blown Up. Paris
The British steamer Codarwood of 854 tons, outward bound from Middlesborough with a cargo of cast-iron, has been blown up at sea. All on board except…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Steamer. Damaged at Sea. Rio De Janeiro
The British steamer Tennyson (3801 tons), bound from Buenos Ayres to New York, has arrived at Marranhao (Brazil). She was seriously damaged owing to an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Steamer Escapes Lisbon
Information has been received from Madeira of the escape of the steamer Ochenfeldt. The steamer in question had been at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Italian Success. Wrecked Austrian Trenches. Rome
An Italian communique states:—There have been intense artillery duels on Mt. Kuk. Our batteries wrecked the enemy trenches, forcing them to retreat…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreck of the Maloja. the Saved and Missing. London
The following is a list of the number of persons saved in the wreck of the Maloja:—Passengers, 72; European crew, 92; lascars, 137…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wreck of the Maloja. Chief Officer's Belief London
At the inquest into the deaths of the victims of the sinking of the s.s. Maloja, the chief officer expressed the opinion that the liner had been torpedoed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Maloja Wreck. Captain's Views. London
At the inquest into the death of victims of the sinking of the s.s. Maloja, Captain Irving, the commander, said that, considering the speed at which the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Swedish Steamer. Sunk by Austrians. Rome
An Austrian submarine has sunk the Swedish steamer Torborg. She towed the crew in their boats to the Spanish coast, where a steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Sunk London
The steamer Masunda, 4952 tons, belonging to the Glasgow United Shipping Company, Limited, has been sunk. All hands were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Strikes a Rock. All on Board Lost
The Spanish liner Principe de Asturias, 8371 tons, of Cadiz, travelling from Barcelona to Buenos Ayres, struck a rock near Santos, in Brazil, and sank in five…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Coastal Wrecks. Last Year's Record. Sydney
A return of shipping casualties on the New South Wales coast and in the Gilbert Group during the year 1915 has been issued by the Navigation Department. It…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Wreck of the Provence. How Brave Men Died. Paris
M. Bokanowski, a French deputy, who is one of the survivors from the auxiliary cruiser Provence, which was wrecked by a submarine, states that a battalion of…
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