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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

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Steamer Escapes Submarine. Two Others Not' So Fortunate. LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 19 April 1916 · page 2

The captain of tne British steamer Duendes noticed a Scandinavian barque have to and suspected that a submarine, was lurking behind her…

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Steamer Sunk. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 26 April 1916 · page 2

The British steamer Parisian was sunk. The crow were saved…

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Steamer Sinking. Sydney

Manilla Express · Wednesday 10 May 1916 · page 2

The White Scar liner. Cymric 13,000 tons, is reported to be sinking in the Atlantic…

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German Steamer Torpedoed. Copenhagen

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 22 May 1916 · page 2

The German steamer torpedoed in the Sound was the Trave. She went full speed, in the direction of Swedish wate[?] and was stopped by a shot…

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Ketch Ashore. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Thursday 25 May 1916 · page 2

The ketch Premier is ashore at North Head on the Nambu[?]. There is no hope of salvage and the vessel is expected to break up…

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Sunk Without Warning. British Steamer Given No Chance. LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 3 June 1916 · page 2

An Official Paris message says the Germans penetrated the French front between Douaumont at Va[?] Elsewhere the attacks were repulsed…

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Sea Strewn with Wreckage. Mines Scattered Broadcast. COPENHAGEN

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 5 June 1916 · page 2

Many steamers arriving in Danish harbors report that the sea is strewn for miles with evidence of the fearful battle. The wreckage is thick and widespread…

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Gigantic Wreck of Warship. Long Line of Dead Sailors. LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 2

A Copenhagen steamer, the Vanda, reports passing the wreck of a gigantic warship in the North Sea. It could not determine its nationality…

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Is He Alive? Still Ray of Hope for Kitchener. Survivors Washed Ashore. Others May Yet Be Discovered. LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 10 June 1916 · page 2

It is officially stated that a raft containing [?]2 survivors from the Hampshire was washed ashore. Further details are anxiously awaited…

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British Steamer Chased

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1916 · page 2

The British steamer Dunrobin, which has been lying in a Swedish port since the outbreak off the war, passed through tho Sound on route…

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Bomb Found on a Steamer. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 14 June 1916 · page 2

A bomb was discovered in the bilge drain of a steamer which arrived in England from America. It is believed it was placed there by…

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Terrible Shipwreck on Californian Coast. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Saturday 17 June 1916 · page 2

The American steamer Bear. 4507 tons. struck a reef on the California[?] coast at midnight. The passengers took to the boats but were [?]able to land on…

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Mast Passed by Steamer. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 20 June 1916 · page 2

The steamer Makambo passed a mast with a sail attached ten miles north-east of the South Head lighthouse yesterday…

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Steamer Torpedoed. London

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Friday 23 June 1916 · page 2

The Norwegian steamer Aquila was torpedoed in the Mediterranean. There were no casualties. LONDON, Wednesday…

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Steamer Captured

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 June 1916 · page 2

An Amsterdam message states that six German .destroyers. captured the Great Eastern railway steamer Brucells took her to Zeebrugge. She…

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Steamer Adrift. Tail Shaft Carried Away. SYDNEY

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

It is reported that the second officer of the steamer Wanaka has arrived at Shark's Bay, West Australia, and reports that the vessel's tail shaft was…

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Crew of Disabled Steamer. Sydney

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Monday 10 July 1916 · page 2

Twelve members of the crew of the steamer which was reported to be disabled of the North-west Coast arrived at Fremantle on Friday…

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Monday. German Steamer Submarined

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

A Russian submarine Bank the German steamer Dorita, in the Baltic. The crow landed in Sweden. RIOTING IN MUNICH…

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Another Steamer Sunk. (Reuter's Telegram.) LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Tuesday 18 July 1916 · page 2

The steamer Ecolesia Alto Sylvio has been sunk. The crew were saved. (Reuter's Telegram.) LONDON, Sunday…

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Escaped Steamer Returns. (Reuter's Telegram.) LONDON

The Tamworth Daily Observer · Wednesday 19 July 1916 · page 2

The German steamers Bussard and Edward Martini escaped from Retterdam where they had been since the outbreak of the war. The Edward Matini…

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