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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

177 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 9

German Seaplane Wrecked. Copenhagen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 23 September 1916 · page 5

A Danish fishing boat vainly attempted to rescue a German seaplane which was wrecked on the Dogger Bank. Both the aviators perished…

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Pandemonium of Joy. Pilgrimage to the Wreck. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 26 September 1916 · page 5

A special correspondent telegraphs from an Essex town:—An airship passed over at midnight. The engine was humming, and the searchlights were…

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Terrible Explosion. on the Steamer Wairuna. Six Killed and Three Injured. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 September 1916 · page 4

Owing to an explosion on the Union Company's cango steamer Wairuna, 3947 tons, lying at the Margaret-street Wharf, about noon to-day, six men were killed…

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Commonwealth Steamer Overdue. Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 September 1916 · page 4

No news has reached the Commonwealth authorities relative to the overdue Commonwealth vessel Strathendrick. The question of despatching a search vessel…

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The Whangape Ashore. Suva

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 September 1916 · page 4

The steamer Whangape has gone ashore on the Ba Reef. The vessel is undamaged, and a smooth sea permits the lightering of the cargo…

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Fire on a Steamer. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 3 October 1916 · page 5

The steamer Philodelphia arrived at New York this evening with a fire in her hold, which had been burning since Thursday…

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The Zeppelin Raid. British Aeroplane. Causes a Wreck. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 4 October 1916 · page 7

A Dutch report states that 14 Zeppelins took part in the last raid on the east coast of Britain. Spectators narrate that the Zeppelin at…

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Old Times, "When We Were Boys." Wrecks and Reminiscences

Northern Times · Wednesday 11 October 1916 · page 10

"Born 1840, and still going strong." Mr. George Priest, of Islington, has a great story to tell of the Newcastle of the forties and the Newcastle of…

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Naval Operations. Submarines. the Sunken Dutch Steamer. Washington

Northern Times · Thursday 12 October 1916 · page 5

A diplomatic official predicts that Gemnany will pay an indemnity to Holland in respecting of the torpedoing of the Dutch being a million…

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The Grim Atlantic. Thrilling Story of a Wreck, Wickham Man's Experience

Northern Times · Friday 13 October 1916 · page 4

Ted had celebrated his thirteenth birthday, and, naturally, thought he was a man. Then, one day, he thought he would…

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The Dog on the Wreck

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 14 October 1916 · page 16

One rough wintry night a schooner-struck the Buxey Sands, off the coast of Essex. Fortunately her peril was discovered and the Clacton lifeboat stood by…

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British Steamer Sunk. LONDON

Northern Times · Thursday 19 October 1916 · page 6

The steamer Welsh Prince has been sunk. [There are three British steamers of that name. The message does not…

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Submarine Steel Netting. British Steamer Caught. LONDON

Northern Times · Thursday 19 October 1916 · page 6

The steamer Norman, from England, has been caught in German steel submarine netting south of the Drogden [?]gntship. A German tugboat…

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Norway and Submarines. Swedish Steamer Sunk. AMSTERDAM

Northern Times · Saturday 21 October 1916 · page 5

Germany is energetically protesting to Norway that the exclusion of war submarines from Norwegian waters is directed against Germany only, and…

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Foundered at Sea. Grew Landed Safely

Northern Times · Monday 23 October 1916 · page 5

Some confusion occurred in Newcastle shipping circles yesterday in connection with the foundering of the steamer Tuncurry (formerly Tokelau) with the…

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Another Norwegian Steamer Sunk AMSTERDAM

Northern Times · Monday 23 October 1916 · page 1

The Norwegian steamer pulvis, has been sunk…

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Steamer Tokelau Founders. All Hands Saved. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 23 October 1916 · page 6

The steamer Tokelau (182 tons) foundered about three o'clock this morning of Barrenjoey, 16 miles north of Sydney. She cleared the heads shortly before midnight…

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British Steamer Sunk. LONDON

Northern Times · Thursday 26 October 1916 · page 5
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The British steamer Framfield, 2,510 tons, has been sunk…

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Wreck of the Lobo. All Hands Saved. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 27 October 1916 · page 6

Lloyd's agent at Mozembique reports that the Australian barque Lobo has been wrecked thirty miles south of Angoche. The vessel is a total loss, but all hands…

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