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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

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Strike Delays Mail Steamer. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 21 February 1916 · page 4

The R.M.S. Mongolia was held up at Fremantle for seven hours owing to the [?]mpers refusing to work between andnight and eight in the merning, unless…

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Swedish Steamer Lost. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 2

Two Swedish steamers have been missing a month. It is thought they are icebound. Swedish naval Aeronauts have of…

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Steamer Runs Into Cyclone. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 23 February 1916 · page 2

The steamer Induna ran into a cyclone on January 5 and survived the severe buffetting with the loss of one member of the crew and the destruction of 26 sheep…

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The War Moewe Turns Up Again. Capture of British Steamer. Latter taken to Tencriffe. Blown Up by Germans. LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 26 February 1916 · page 2

The "Times" correspondent, at Madrid says the Moewe captured the British steamer Westbourn in the Atlantic Ocean…

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Great Disaster P. AND O. STEAMER. Maloja Mined and Sunk. Heavy Loss of Life. LONDON, Feb. 27

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 2

Lloyd's report that they have just received news that the R.M.S. Maloja (12,431 tons) has been mined off Dover, and has now sunk…

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Steamer Sunk

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 March 1916 · page 2

A Swedish steamer was sunk by an Austrian submarine forty miles from Marseilles…

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Another Steamer Torpedoed. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 20 March 1916 · page 2

The steamer Palemoang, from Rott[?] dam to Java, via London, was torpedced near Gallopher Light. The crew were saved…

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Big Steamer Sunk

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1916 · page 2

The (steamer, Minneapolis, 13,000 tons, has been Bunk. Eleven persons Were killed and the rest saved…

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Monday. Steamer Sussex Torpedoed

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1916 · page 2

Four Americans were killed end two seriously wounded by the torpedoing in the English Channel of the steamer Sussex. It was rumored that…

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The War. Saturday. Norwegian Steamer Torpedoed

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1916 · page 2

The Norwegian steamer Konig was torpedoed in the Channel without warning. The crew were saved…

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Liner Ashore. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 3 April 1916 · page 2

The Rangatira New Zealand Shipping Company's liner went ashore on Robben Island, near Capetown, South Africa, in a heavy fog…

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Steamer Undamaged. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 3 April 1916 · page 2

The steamship Yarra which ran ashore on Bruni Island has been examined by a diver in Hobart Island and pronounced undamaged…

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Norwegian Steamer Missing. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 2

The Norwegian steamer Peter Mamre missing and is presumed to be sunk…

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British Schooner Sunk. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 4

A German submarine sunk a British schooner off the Grecian coast. The crew were saved…

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Steamer Unarmed. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 5 April 1916 · page 2

It has transpired that the steamer Ashburton was unarmed, when torpedoed by a German submarine…

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Norwegian Steamer Torpedoed London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 2

The Norwegian steamer Arena was torpedoed off the coast of Norway…

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Swedish Schooner Captured. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 2

The Germans captured another Swedish schooner, which was making for England…

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Dutch Schooner Blown Up. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 2

A German submarine held up the Dutch schooner, Elize Helena, and allowed the crew five minutes to leave. They then placed bombs aboards and…

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Another Steamer Sunk

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1916 · page 2

On Friday the steamer Chantala, London to Calcutta, was sunk without warning, the engineer and eight Lascars being killed…

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Wreck in Bass Strait. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 13 April 1916 · page 2

News has been received of the wreck of the steamer Toroa, 3SS tons, in Bass Straits. The pnssenkers, crew and mails were safely landed. The ship is…

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