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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917

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Steamer Ashore. Bellambi at Noumea

Northern Times · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 5

The Bellambi, a steel-screw steamer of 1,162 tons, a well-known coaster here is reported by cable to be ashore at Noumea. The Bellambi was a…

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The Cooloon Wreck. Notice to Mariners

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 4

In connection with the wreck of the coastal steamer Cooloon, the following notice to mariners has been issued by the Navigation Department: The Cooloon…

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Wreckers of the Bill

Northern Times · Wednesday 7 March 1917 · page 1

NEW YORK, Tuesday.—There is intensity of public anger against the filibustering senators, who are explaining that they did not intend to kill the…

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U.S. Bill Wreckers Closure Cure to Be Administered Huns Intriguing in Cuba Stifling Stone-wallers. Clesure to be Adopted

Northern Times · Thursday 8 March 1917 · page 1

WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—President Wilson this morning conferred in regard to administration with officials and Democratic…

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Schooner Korora Wrecked. Ashore Off Tacking Point. All Hands Saved

Northern Times · Saturday 10 March 1917 · page 1

Information was received in Newcastle this morning that the three-masted wooden schooner Korora went ashore two miles south of Tacking…

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Schooner Korora Ashore. All Hands Saved

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 12 March 1917 · page 4

The scbooner Kurora, owned by Messrs. E. D. Pike and Company, Limited, Sydney, went ashore at Tacking Point, two miles south of Port Macquarie, at eight oclock on Friday…

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Relief Steamer Submarined

Northern Times · Monday 12 March 1917 · page 1

LONDON, Sunday.—"Lloyd's News" publishes a Cord telegram which states that the Belgian relief steamer Storestad, from Buenos Ayres, has…

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Relief Steamer Sunk. Copenhagen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 15 March 1917 · page 5

The "Shipping Gazette" states that a largo Norwegian steamer, the Lars Fasteness, has been sunk outside the blockade zone, without warning…

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U.S. Vessel Sunk by German Submarine German Debacle Looming U.S. Steamer Sunk. By German Submarine

Northern Times · Thursday 15 March 1917 · page 1

LONDON, Wednesday.—A German submarine has sunk an American steamer, the Algonquin. [The Algonquin was an American…

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Schooner Hawk Dismasted

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 4

A wireless message received by Messrs. E. D. Pike and Company, timber merchants, of Pitt-street, Sydney, yesterday, convoyed the news that the cable steamer…

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Marine Court Inquiries. Wreck of the Yambacoona. Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 4

The Marine Court, consisting of Judge Scholes, with Captains Carpenter and Chudleigh as assessors, to-day inquired into the less of the steamer Yambacoona,…

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Australia's Veteran Steamer

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 17 March 1917 · page 12

A well-known comedian in Australia was in the habit of periodically making a last appearance, and ultimately he did leave the theatre, and transferred…

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Shelling a Relief Steamer. Copenhagen

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 22 March 1917 · page 5

A German submarine pursued and shelled the Dutch steamer Hellen, which was carrying food relief for Belgium. Eight of the crew were killed. The…

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Norwegian Steamer Sunk. Washington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 23 March 1917 · page 5

The Norwegian steamer Davangar hats been sunk. There was one American on board. The crow was saved after seventeen hours' exposure in the North Sea…

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U.S. Steamer Sunk

Northern Times · Saturday 24 March 1917 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.—A despatch from The Hague states that a sloop has arrived in port with seven survivors from the sunken American…

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British Steamer Appam

Northern Times · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 5

WASHINGTON, Monday.—A Court has ordered the immediate transfer of the British steamer Appam to her former owners…

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Wreck of Cooloon. the Captain Exonerated

Northern Times · Wednesday 4 April 1917 · page 5

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The Marine Court to-day held in inquiry into the wreck of the steamer Cooloon, at the mouth of the Manning River. The…

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American Steamer Sunk. Washington

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 7 April 1917 · page 5

The American steamer Missourian has been torpedoed in the Mediterrancan without warning. There were thirty-two Americans on…

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World's Merchant Shipping. Norwegian Steamer Detained

Northern Times · Saturday 7 April 1917 · page 5

COPENHAGEN, Friday.—The Norwegian steamer Nauna, from Cadiz, was towed helpless by a German submarine from the North Sea towards…

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Relief Steamer Sunk

Northern Times · Monday 9 April 1917 · page 1

COPENHAGEN, Sunday.—The Norwegian steamer Camilla, with Belgian relief grain on board, was sunk without warning. Nine survivors and two…

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