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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

177 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 9

The War This Afternoon's Cables Fighting on Somme Front Big Advance by the British Serbians Pursuing Bulgarians Violent Fighting on the Danube Bombs Dropped in Germany Naval Operations. American Steamer Sunk. President Wilson Tired of Writing Notes. WASHINGTON

Northern Times · Tuesday 14 November 1916 · page 1

The sinking of the American steamer Columbia (or Columbian, believed to have been torpedoed) has aroused the greatest interest and…

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Steamer Captured. Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 November 1916 · page 7

The steamer Batavier has been taken to Zeebrugge…

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Steamer Kapunda Sunk. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Wednesday 15 November 1916 · page 7

Lloyd's reports that the steamer Kapunda, 3097 tons, formerly owned by the Melbourne Steamship Company, has been sunk…

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Italian Steamer Lost LONDON

Northern Times · Tuesday 21 November 1916 · page 6

The Italian steamer Conception sprang a leak and sank near Puerto Ventura. The crew reached land…

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Portuguese Steamer Safe. LISBON

Northern Times · Wednesday 22 November 1916 · page 5

The Portuquese steamer Mac[?] is safe. She eluded the submarine…

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Greek Steamer Torpedoed ATHENS

Northern Times · Wednesday 22 November 1916 · page 1

The Greek steamer Spetsals has been submarined not far from the joint where the Angel[?] was sunk. One man was drowned, and it is…

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Merchantmen Wrecked. LONDON

Northern Times · Wednesday 22 November 1916 · page 5

The Dutch vessel T[?] Bergin has been wrecked. The first mate perished. The Marie Caroussi capsized. There were eight survivors…

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French Steamer's Trials. Remarkable Experiences

Northern Times · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 8

The French steamer Craonne. Which is at present in Newcastle awaiting bunkers to take her to new Caledonia where a cargo of nickel ore…

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Greek Steamer Stopped. Submarine Seizes Mail Bags. ATHENS

Northern Times · Thursday 23 November 1916 · page 1

A submarine stopped the Greek steamer Elyseilles as she was going towards Marseilles, and ordered her to throw her cargo overboard. The mail…

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Dutch Steamer Fired Upon Taken Into Zeebrugge. ROTTERDAM

Northern Times · Saturday 25 November 1916 · page 5

The crews of the Dutch ateamers Batavier and Mideland have arrived from Zeebrugge. They say that a small submarine fired guns at both…

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A Missing Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 November 1916 · page 5

The Admiralty reports that it has no further news of the steamer Rappahannock, which left Halifax for England on the 17th of last month…

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Suspicious Fire on Steamer Cargo for Allies Destroyed. New York

Northern Times · Monday 27 November 1916 · page 5

A fire on the Hallan steamer Regina Italia, lying at a wharf at Brooklyn, destroyed her cargo of wax, but did not destroy a valuable consignment…

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The Britannic Wreck. Boy Scouts' Coolness. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 November 1916 · page 5

The Athens correspondent of the "Dally Chronicle" states that the Britannic was struck well forward, and the starboard hatches of the No. 2 hold were blown…

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Zeppelin Wrecked. Amsterdam

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 27 November 1916 · page 5

Travellers from Munich report that a super-Zeppelin, in a storm on November 21st, while on its first voyage from Friedrichshafen to Wilhelmshaven, was…

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Fire on a Steamer. New York

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Tuesday 28 November 1916 · page 5

A fire which broke out on the Italian steamer Regina d'Italia, 6240 tons, lying at a wharf at Brooklyn, destroyed a cargo of wax…

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Sunken American Steamer Washington Orders Inquiries. WASHINGTON

Northern Times · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 5

Inquiries have boon ordered into the American steamer Chermung. She did not carry liens Her [?] included copper…

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American Steamer Sunk. Off the Irish Coast. WASHINGTON

Northern Times · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 1

The American sleamer, Chemung, has been sunk off the Irish coast. The survivors reached land…

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Very Latest Cables Sunken American Steamer Flying the Stars and Stripes. LONDON

Northern Times · Wednesday 29 November 1916 · page 5

The American steamer Chemung was bound from New York to Italy. She was sunk off Cape Degata, and went down flying the American flag…

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American Steamer Sunk. Washington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 5

The American steamer Chemung has been sunk off the Irish Coast. The survivors have been landed. Inquiries have been ordered into the…

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Sunken American Steamer. WASHINGTON

Northern Times · Thursday 30 November 1916 · page 5

The sinking of the American steamer Chemung is not expected to be a cause of tension in America's relations with Austria, because no…

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