Very Latest Cables Greek Steamer Abandoned Enemy Submarine's Threats. LONDON
The crew abandoned the Greek steamer Kassiani at sea under throats by an enemy submarine which disappeared before the arrival of a…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916
177 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 9
Steamer's Engineer Lost. Sydney
James Sales, the chief engineer on the steamer Victoria, was lost overboard on the voyage from Auckland to Sydney…
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The Maritime Exchange has received a message stating that the French liner Chicago from Bordeaux for New York is on fire in her third hold. She is making…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Greece. Torpedoed Greek Steamer. Fifty Casualties Caused. LONDON
Mr. Jeffries, correspondent of the "Daily Mail" at Athens; stales that the captain of the torpedoed Greek steamer Angeliki which was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →British Steamer Sunk. By Gunfire and Unwarned. Americans Among the Crew. Washington
Consul Frost, of Queenstown, Ireland, has cabled to the Department of State, that the British steamer Marina, which has been sunk, carried a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five-Masted Schooner. First of a New Line
A noteworthy ai rival in port this morning is the five-masted auxiliary schooner, City of Portland. The City of Portland, which is a new ship,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Balloon Wrecked in Norway Believed to be British. AMSTERDAM
An observation balloon on fire came down in Norway. It is believed to have belonged to a British warship that was patrolling the North Sea…
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A German submarine held up the Swedish steamer Runhild, and placed a prize crew aboard, ordering them to proceed to Libau…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Irish Packet Boat Disaster Sole Survivor Dragged Ashore. LONDON
The London and North-western Railway Company's steamer Cannemara (833 tons), which was sunk in collision outside Carlingford Lough…
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The Lancae, which was reported by Lloyd's as an American steamer that had been torpedoed, is not American, but has been owned in Norway since…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Naval Operations. American Steamer Sunk. Work of a Submarine. LONDON
The American steamer Lacae has been Bunk by a submarine. Thirty lives were saved…
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The American steamer Lanao, 692 tons, a vessel registered at Manila, has been sunk by a submarine. Thirty members of the crew have been…
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Members of the crew of the sunken Norwegian steamer Lanac have arrived in another vessel at Barry. The Lanac was rice-laden from China, and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Italian Campaign. Austrian Naval Station. Entered by Italian Warship. a Large Steamer Sunk. Rome
An official communique states:— "Italian torpedo craft entered the harbour at Pola, and attempted to torpedo a large Austrian warship…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Second Edition. the War. Mail Steamer Sunk. the Arabia Torpedoed. London
The Admiralty reports that the P. and O. steamer Arabia was torpedoed and sunk without warning in the Mediterranean at noon on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wreck of the Arabia. Two Engineers Killed. All the Mails Lost. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
Two of the engineers of the R.M.S. [?]rabia, which was torpedoed in the Mediterrancan, are missing. It is believed that they were killed by the explosion. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Arabia. Passengers Landing. (Australian Cable Association.) LONDON
The Arabia's passengers are being landed at Port Said, Alexandra, and Malta, wherever the rescuing ships arrive. They will be brought to London via Marseilies…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ferry Steamer Sinks. Copenhagen
A Lublin (Poland) newspaper reports the sinking of a ferry steamer at Kazlmioz, on the Vistula, and states that of 140 aboard 120 were drowned…
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A wireless message from Amsterdam states that the Germans conveyed to Zeebrugge the Dutch steamer Koningen Regentos, with 93 adult passengers, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of the Arabia. Splendid Courage. French Steamer's Aid. (Australian Cable Association.) CAIRO
To R.M.S. Arabia was torpedoed without warning at twenty-five minutes past 11 In the morning. It was struck immediately underneath the first-class…
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