The Mongolia Wreck. Bombay
Disturbed atmospheric conditions prevented anxiety, over the absence of news from the Mongolia, and the inability to re-establish wireless communication…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917
198 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 10
Adrift. Steamer Causes Damage
A strong the and wind caused Mir steamer Macedon, whilst waiting is get into the Steel Works Jetty last night, to drift seriously…
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A German submarine sank the Argentine steamer Toro by gunfire on June 22nd in the Atlantic, outside the war zone…
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The Navy Office announces that the steamer Cumberland, which left Sydney on Thursday last on her voyage to England, was seriously damaged early the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Steamer Cumberland. Sydney
Where the steamer Cumberland grounded on an even keel on Friday at Gabo Island, there is 35 feet of water, and the spot had a good deal of shelter. Four…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →U.S. Passenger Steamer Sunk
WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—The U.S. steamer Kansan has been sunk by at submarine. The monetary lose is estimated at about £1,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck of the Nyora. Two Men Saved. Adelaide
The superintendent of the life-saving service, Mr. Searcy, received teleraphie advice at a late hour on Tuesday from Captain Honry, of the Commonwealth…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Danish Steamer Blown Up. Copenhagen
It is officially reported that the Danish steamer Ceres has been submarined. The explosion killed the second engineer and a fireman…
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A steamer which reached Newcastle on Saturday morning for the purpose of loading frozen mutton was held up for a couple of hours owing to the wharf…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Sydney Letter. the Borrowing Difficulty.—when Is the Crown Not the Crown?—there Must Be Only One Paymaster.—"the Truth."—who Wrecked the Cumberland? Sydney
The State Government still intends to borrow abroad to develop the country's "latent resources" otherwise find work and the money to pay the wage account…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →World's Merchant Shipping Dutch Steamer Seized
AMSTERDAM, Tuesday. — Three German hydroplanes held up a Dutch steamer bound from England to Rotterdam when a mile outside neutral…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Overdue. Wellington (N.z.)
One of the Union Company's steamers is almost a month overdue at her distination. The vessel is equipped with wireless,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Steamer Torpedoed London
A message from Amsterdam states that a submarine torpedoed the German steamer Norderney. She was coal laden, and was going from Rotterdam to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Missing Union Steamer. Vancouver
A Union Steamship Company's vessel, which is a month overdue, is believed to be disabled, and drifting…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →World's Merchant Shipping (Continued from Page 1.) Norwegian Steamer Sunk
COPENHAGEN, Thursday.—The Norwegian steamer Banseat has been submarined and sunk. The crew were rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Life-boat
One wonders why something has not been done to improve the life-boat. Some of the accounts of the sinkings in this particular make harrowing reading. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →World's Merchant Shipping German Steamer Captured
LONDON, Sunday.—An Admiralty announcement slates: "A British submarine in the North Sea on Friday captured Urn Gorman steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mail Steamer Disasters
The loss of two of the principal Australian mail boats within a few weeks brings the dire [?] of the murderous [?] acutely to our…
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The following official announcement has been made:— "The Navy Office learns that the mail steamer Mooltan has been sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hospital Ship Ashore
VANCOUVER, Thursday.— A hospital ship of 6,000 tons, with 546 returned wounded soldiers on board, is ashore on the Canadian coast. All the…
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