German Steamer Sunk. Amsterdam
The Norddeutscher-Lloyd's steamer Norderney. 5497 tons, has been sunk oft Arkona, in the Baltic…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916
177 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 9
Steamer Released. Stockholm
The Germans have released the steamer which they captured in territorial waters off the Swedish coast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dutch Steamer Sunk. the Hague
The Zealand liner Konigin Wilhelmina, steel paddle steamer, of 1964 tons, of Flushing, while carrying mails and passengers, struck a mine, and sank off the North…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Ketch My Dog!"
One of the reasons why the Bishop of London is so much liked by everybody is that le does not "put on side." Somewhere in Canada not long ago…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Lusitania Wreck. New York
Sixteen suits, arising out of the sinking of the Lusitania, have been filed by relatives of the deceased against the Cunard Line, claiming millions of dollars'…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Italian Church Wrecked. Paris
The Austrian air raid on Venice did serious damage. The church of Santa Maria di Formosa has been entirely destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Explosion on a Steamer. Copenhagen
An explosive machine wrecked the engines of the Norwegian liner Haakon, 1640 tons when that vessel was en route from Bremen to England for cargo…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nobbys Lighthouse. Wrecks and Reminiscences
From our lofty position we could hear the boom of the breakers as they played themselves out on Nobbys Beach or dashed against the breakwater. From the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →American Steamer Fired On. Washington
Despite the efforts at secrecy by Mr. Lansing, the United States Secretary of State, it now appears that a German or Austrian submarine fired ten times on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Arctic Explorers. Schooner Wrecked. (Australian Press Association.) New York
The power schooner Great Bear, carrying the Borden-Lane Arctic Expedition, was wrecked in the Behring Sea on August 10…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boarding Steamer Sunk. London
The Admiralty reports that the boarding steamer Duke of Albany was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Willehad. New York
The Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer Willehad, which since the war had been taking refuge in Boston, and has now been chartered by the German Under-sea…
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A Vienna communique states: Three of our seaplanes sank a patrol steamer in the Ionian Sea…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wrecked Explorers. Nome (Alaska)
The crew of the wrecked steamer Great Bear landed here to-day. It is believed that the loss of the supplies carried by Messrs. Border and Lane will compel…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cruiser Memphis Wrecked. Twenty Lives Lost San Domingo
The cruiser Memphis has been driven ashore in a storm. A gunboat went to the rescue. Twenty lives were lost during the removal of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Memphis. New York
Details of the wreck of the cruiser Memphis show that she struck a wave twenty feet high, and was hurled on to the rocks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wrecked Airship. Only One Witness of Its Fall. London
The Zeppelin crashed to earth a hundred yards from a peaceful village church. When it caught fire the glare was like sunrise, and could be seen for miles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Steamer Freed. New York
The British steamer Verasion, which has arrived at Galveston, has been bottled up at Petrograd since the outbreak of the war…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Barque Antiope Ashore. Wellington
The barque Antiope, which stranded at the Bluff while being towed into port, will probably become a total wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our New Zealand Letter Wellington, Sept. 7. Wrecks on the Coast
We had two wrecks off the New Zealand coast last week. The Tongariro struck a pinnacle rock off the East Coast of the North Island, and still remains…
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