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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

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

British Steamer Sunk. New York

Northern Times · Friday 1 December 1916 · page 5

The British cargo steamer Bay-reaulx, with a crow or 36, bound from Cardiff to Montreal, has been given up as lost…

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Sydney Steamer Service

Northern Times · Saturday 2 December 1916 · page 6

The Newcastle and Hunter River s.s. Coy.'s steamer service between Newcastle and Sydney, which was reduced owing to the coal trouble, will be…

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Passenger Steamer Torpedoed. LONDON

Northern Times · Saturday 2 December 1916 · page 5

The British steamer City of Birmingham has been torpedoed in the Meduerranean. Two hundred passengers reached land…

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Sunken Steamer Marina. Six American Lives Lost. WASHINGTON

Northern Times · Saturday 2 December 1916 · page 1

The German submarine commander who sunk the Marina, with the loss of six American lives, has reported to Berlin that be took the vessel to be…

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Naval Operations. Submarine Piracy. Mistake with Dutch Steamer. AMSTERDAM

Northern Times · Saturday 2 December 1916 · page 1

In reply to Dutch representations as to the sinking of the Blommersdyk off the American coast. Germany has agreed to pay…

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American Steamer Sunk

Northern Times · Thursday 7 December 1916 · page 1

NEW YORK, Wednesday.—The American steamer John Lambert was shelled and sunk without warning by a German submarine off the Isle of…

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Atlantic Steamer Shelled

Northern Times · Saturday 9 December 1916 · page 5

COPENHAGEN, Friday.—Reports have been received that a huge sub-marine has shelled the Norwegian steamer Calaric on the Atlantic…

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Armed German Steamer. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 December 1916 · page 5

The Admiraly announces that an armed and disguised German merchantman was sighted in the North Atlantic on Monday…

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American Schooner Abandoned

Northern Times · Tuesday 19 December 1916 · page 1

LONDON, Monday.—The American schooner, Marcus L. Uran, 1,570 tons, has been abandoned, water-logged. Three of the crew were paved. The…

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Holiday Steamer Service

Northern Times · Wednesday 20 December 1916 · page 6

The holiday time-table of the Newcastle and Hunter River Steamship Company, Ltd., and which is set out in detail in to-day's advertising…

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American Schooner Lost

Northern Times · Thursday 21 December 1916 · page 5

HALIFAX. U.S., Wednesday—The American schooner William Mason has foundered with all hands. [The William Mason was a…

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Finnish Steamer Sunk. Copenhagen

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

The Finnish passenger steamer Skifket has been sunk by a mine in the Gulf of Bothnia. Fifty-nine persons were drowned, and…

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Many Wrecks in a Gale. Woman Is Hours in Rigging

Northern Times · Tuesday 26 December 1916 · page 5

A strong gale prevailed all round the coasts of Britain and in many inland districts at the end of October. No fewer than eight' vessels were…

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Steamer Sunk. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 28 December 1916 · page 5

The Spanish steamer Marques do Urguljo, 2530 tons, has been sunk…

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Steamer Sunk. London

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 29 December 1916 · page 5

The Norwegian steamer Sno, 1823 tons, has been sunk…

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Half-a-century Ago. the Cawarra Wreck. Newcastle's Day of Sorrow Scores of Lives Lost. No. I.

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

Thursday, July 12, 1866, will be a day long to be sorrowfully remembered by the inhabitants of Newcastle. It will be marked in the calendar as the day no…

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Half-a-century Ago. the Cawarra Wreck. Newcastle's Day of Sorrow Scores of Lives Lost. No. Ii

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 30 December 1916 · page 7

The fury of the wind continued through the night. This with the terrific seas roiling on the beaches, delayed the search for the bodies, none of which were recovered…

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