Steamer Torpedoed
The American steamer Wartover has been torpedoed in European waters. Ten persons are missing…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918
130 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 7
French Steamer Torpedoed
A submarine torpedoed and sank a French steamer. The crew escaped in two boats. The submarine then rammed one boat,…
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It is reported from New York that the Italian steamer Garibaldi (5181 tons) has been sunk off the Brazilian coast, as the result of an explosion due to a dynamite…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Cables Wrecked in Fog Off Cape Flattery Big Japanese Liner Lost VANCOUVER
The Japanese steamer Canada Maru (5760 tons), inward bound with 100 passengers, was wrecked in a fog off Cape Flattery. Salvage vessels have gone out, and are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Industrial Matters Steamer Employees. a Newcastle Application. Sydney
An application for an award for masters, engineers, firemen, and deckhands employed on steamers in the port of Newcastle, except such as come under the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →John Murray Wreck Captain Arrives in Newcastle Crew at Malden Island
The story of the wreck of the steamer John Murray at Maiden Island, and of the exciting experiences of her crew has been told by Captain G. K. Vaughan, master of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Malden Island Wrecks. John Murray and Annie Larsen
Captain G. E. Vaughan, master of the steamer John Murray, which was wrecked at Malden Island on May 22, was a passenger by the Makura, as were two of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Schooner Sunk
It is reported from a Canadian Atlantic port that a British schooner has been sunk by a submarine. It is understood to be the intention of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Pelaw-main Aground. Knocks Over Tomago Beacon
While the steamer Pelaw-Main was coming down the river from Hexham on Tuesday night, at about half-past eight o'clock, she sheered off the southern bank of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Schooner Ashore. Sydney
Advice received in Sydney states that the American schooner Baxter is ashore at Vatu Leile Island, Fiji. A boat in charge of the master, accompanied by two…
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A submarine outside New York harbour sank an oil tank steamer. Seven of the crew are missing…
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It is reported from America that Captain David Evans, of a British steamer which was torpedoed and sunk off Nantucket, has been held prisoner on the U-boat…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Here and There Wreck of the Dunbar
Only the oldest identities In New South Wales can reoolleot the wrock of the Dunbar, which occurred at The Gap. at Sydney Heads, on August 20; 1857. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Body Washed Ashore Sydney
The body of a man in an advanced state of decomposition, and with part of the fleas oaten away, was washed ashore from the surf at Coogee yesterday morning. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Through Nerve Wrecking German Barrages
Heavy barrages made the battle nerve-wrecking. The Boche had two smoking curtains of fire constantly bursting, yet most of our casualties, which were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Hun Outrage Spanish Steamer Sunk London, Wednesday Night
The Spanish steamer Carasa has been torpedoed, and six of the crow drowned. This outrage will have the effect of greatly aggravating the Hispano-German…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Spanish Steamer Sunk
The Spanish steamer Carassa, of 2099 tons, has been sunk by a German submarine. The sinking is expected to bring the…
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After a protracted voyage of 99 days, the American four-masted schooner Omega arrived at Newcastle yesterday from Port Townsend, U.S.A., with a full…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Prey of the Submarine Fate of Galway Castle Steamer Torn Amidships LONDON, Sunday Night
The Galway Castle was torpedoed on Thursday at 7 a.m. Nothing was seen of the submarine. The explosion occurred amidships, and broke the steamer almost in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Lusitania Crime Big Passenger Steamer Torpedoed OVER 150 Lives Lost Babes Washed Off Raft 300 Wounded Soldiers on Board LONDON, Sunday Night
The Galway Castle, outward bound from Durham, baa been torpedoed. There were 941 persons on board including 201 comprising the crew, 300…
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