Dutch Steamer Sunk. Three Persons Killed. London
The Dutch steamer Batavier V. (1569 tons), with a general cargo, bound from London to Rotterdam, has been blown up in the North Sea. Three persons perished…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916
177 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 9
Ketch Premier Ashore. Sydney
The ketch Premier, a wooden coasting vessel, of 114 tons, is ashore at North Head, Nambucca River, and according to a message received by the Sydney Marino…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Destroyed Zeppelin. Bodies Washed Ashore. Copenhagen
The bodies of an officer and a man belonging to a Zeppelin have been washed ashore at Esbjerg, on the south-west coast of Jutland, twenty miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sea Captain's Report. Wreckage for Miles Copenhagen
Many steamers arriving in Danish harbours report that the sea is strewn for miles with evidence of a fearful battle. The wreckage is thick and widespread…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bodies Washed Ashore. London
The Notheravon, a patrol vessel, reported ported that the Hampshire was after about ninety minutes after she had left the Orkneys, and sank within twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Escapes. Sweden to England. London
The "Daily Mail" states that the Newcastle steamer Dunrobin, which had been in the Swedish dish port of Lulea, on the Gulf of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bomb on a Steamer. London
The Press Bureau issues the following statement:— A bomb was discovered in the bilge of a grain steamer which recently arrived in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Zeppelin Wrecked. the Largest Type Amsterdam
A Zeppelin in a windstorm at Chatelinean, in South Belgium, on Whit Monday dashed against telegraphic wires. The gondola exploded. There were 18…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russian Steamer Mined. Petrograd
The Russian Steam Navigation and Trading Company's steamer Mercury, 4046 tons, has been mined near Odessa, in the Black Sea…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Speedy Steamer's Fate. Captured at Last. London
Nine previous attempts were made to capture the Great Eastern Railway Company's steamer Brussels, which left Rotterdam on Thursday. Her escapes were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Loss of Ketch Premier. Marine Court Finding. Sydney
The loss of the ketch Premier was inquired into to-day by the Marine Court, consisting of Judge Murray, Captains Davidson and M'Gibbon. Mr. S. E. Moore…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Waitomo Ashore. Brisbane
The steamer Canberra, which arrived at Townsville from Brisbane, reports that the steamer Waitomo, 4214 tons, is ashore on the Spit, near Rattray Island. She does…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cutter Waghed Ashore. Adelaide
News has been received that a cutter and dinghy have been washed ashore on the Coorong, 25 miles from Goolwa. The cutter is believed to be the Gem,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Steamer Brussels. Manner of Its Capture. London
The Berlin papers state that the steamer Brussels was captured by a ruse, the German warship pretending to be a British torpedo vessel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shipping Losses. a Steamer Captured. London
The General Steam Navigation Company's Gannet, 1127 tons, of London, was torpedoed and sunk, although the vessel was unarmed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Steamer. Sunk in the Baltic. Petrograd
A Russian submarine sank the German steamer Dorita in the Baltic. The crow have been landed in Sweden…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russian Steamer Sunk. London
A Russian communique states: One of our mail packets anchored off the Caucasian coast has been sunk, by an enemy submarine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Zeppelin Wrecked. the Hague
It is reported from Cologne that the Russian guns wrecked a Zeppelin at Riga…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Collier Ashore. Sydney
The collier Five Islands, owned by the Mount Kembla Coal and Oil Company, went ashore at Henry Head, Botany Bay, early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Steamer Service
The phenomenally high freight rates between New Zealand and the east coast ports of American have at last attracted the notice of a shipping proprietary of…
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