Hospital Ship Ashore. New York
A message from Halifax states that a hospital ships from England, with 600 Canadians aboard, is ashore outside the harbour. She is resting easily in a claim…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917
198 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 10
Steamer Mined. Amsterdam
The steamer Noordan has been mined off Texel and towed into Maas. The passengers were saved by Dutch torpedo boats…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Naval Operations. French Steamer Sunk. Revictualling Warships
AMSTERDAM, Tuesday.—An Austrian submarine has torpedoed the steamer Berthilde as she was revictualling French warships on the…
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The health of the Navy was never better than it is in this war it is when Tack comes ashore that he has temptations set before him…
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The wharf labourers at Newcastle stopped work this morning. The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Company's steamer, Hunter, could not coal…
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The steamer Cumberland, which was beached off Gabo recently, when a mysterious explosion occurred aboard, foundered at half-past ten o'clock last night,…
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WASHINGTON, Monday.—The sinking of the U.S. tank steamer Campana and the capture of four naval guards and the captain by a German…
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The Navy Department has announced that an American tank steamer, Campana, was sunk by a U boat. Eight members of the crew were put off…
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The State Department announces that fifteen passengers and five of the crew were lost when the American steamer City of Athens sank, after striking a mine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sixty Years Ago. Wreck of the Dunbar
It will be 60 years to-night since the ship Dunbar was wrecked at the Gap, near South Head, Sydney. The vessel, which sailed from London, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Steamer Oonah Commandeered. Melbourne
The Federal Government has commandeered the steamer Oonah for continuous service between Tasmania and the mainland. She is manned by a volunteer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Sydney Letter. Give Recruiting a Chance.—money, But Not Out of Champagne.—high Prices Through the War.—that Missing Steamer.—a Remarkably Appealling Verse.—something on Lotteries.—when News Lacks Variety. Sydney
Apparently a distinguished gentleman, not in New South Wales, has been condemned by the comrades on the allegation that he said something to oppose…
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CAPETOWN, Friday.—A message from Lorenzo Marques suites that the steamer, City of Nagpur, bound for india, struck the Deccan Reef, 23…
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The German steamer Renata Lonhardt stranded near the Helder, and refloated. She continued her voyage, but on quitting Dutch territorial waters she was…
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The Burns, Philip steamer, Morinda, which put into Sydney on Monday with a fire on board, was partly submerged yesterday to prevent the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.— The sunken steamer Morinda has been declared "black." Several shipwrights who put in an appearance this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messageries Steamer Sunk. Paris
The Messageries liner Natal sank after collision with a French steamer near Marseilles. Torpedo boats and patrol boats rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Queensland's Needs. Steamer to Be Despatched. Melbourne
Mr. Hughes, the Prime Minister, stated this afternoon that he had arranged to despatch on Saturday the steamer Wodonga from Brisbane to Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fremantle Steamer a Troublesome Voyage
SYDNEY, Thursday.-The steamer Zealandia reached Sydney from Fremantle, after a series of exciting experiences, with the men. A number…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aerial. London Raid, Property Wrecked. Stifling Gas Bombs
LONDON, Thursday.—Only ten direct hits were registered in London: One bomb made a deep hole in a pavement, and caused a wall to…
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