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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917

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Balkans Bridge Wrecked. LONDON

Daily Observer · Monday 8 January 1917 · page 2

The Admiralty naval aeroplanes attacked and wecked one span of the Culeliburgas railway bridge over the Maritza River…

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Wreck of the Matai. Union Boat Drifts on to Reet. Passengers Escape to Island. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 2

Details of the loss of the Union Company's steamer Maitai were received at Auckland to-day. The vessel was bound from Frisco,…

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The Phantom Ship. Strange Sequel to Irish Steamer Collision

The North Western Courier · Friday 12 January 1917 · page 4

The terrible tragedy off the County Down coast of Ireland when the L. and N.W. Railway Company's steamer the Connemara and the Retriever…

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Monday. Milwaukee Ashore

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

A Washington message states that the U.S.A. cruiser' Milwaukee went ashore on the Californian coast while attempting to salvage a submarine. 300…

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Austrian Steamer Surk "(Published in "The Times." LONDON

Daily Observer · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 2

The Vienna steamer Zagreb was subarined off Central Dalmatia. Twenty-six were lost…

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The Latest. British Thrust in West. Heavy Attacks on German Positions. Canadians Take 700 Yards. German Dug-Outs Wrecked. LONDON

Daily Observer · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

Field Marshal Haig reports: in the morning after a heavy bombardment we occupied a line of posts northward of Beaucourt-Sur-Ancre, the whole of our…

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Latest Cable News. Submarine Murder. British Steamer Sunk Without Warning. Crew Adrift in Open Boats. Three Days in Midwinter Gale. Frightful Sufferings. LONDON

Daily Observer · Friday 2 February 1917 · page 2

The Admiralty report that the British steamer Artist when 48 miles from hand in a heavy easterly gale was submarined on the 27th…

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American Steamer Sunk

Daily Observer · Monday 5 February 1917 · page 2

VANCOUVER, Saturday Afternoon. The American steamer Housatonic has been sunk…

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American Schooner Sunk. (Published in "The Times.") LONDON

Daily Observer · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 2

The "Times" says the American schooner Charles Kichull, of 884 tons, was sunk west of Tertugas on Sunday…

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German Callousness. Steamer Larkruse Sunk. LONDON

Daily Observer · Saturday 10 February 1917 · page 2

The chief engineer of the steamer Larskrue has arrived at Copenhagen, being the sole survivor of a crew of 18. He states that the ship was not warned…

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The Lurking Submarine. Steamer Torpedoed and Shelled. One American Aboard. LONDON

Daily Observer · Tuesday 13 February 1917 · page 2

A doctor, the only American on board the submarined steamer Mantola, stated the vessel was bound to Calcutta with passengers and a crew of 163, the latter…

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American Schooner Bombed. London

Daily Observer · Friday 16 February 1917 · page 2

A Vancouver message says that the American Consul at Rome Cables that the American Schooner Lyman Law was bombed by an Austrian submarine. The…

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Steamer Mined. Crew Killed or Missing. LONDON

Daily Observer · Monday 19 February 1917 · page 2

The British steamer Lady Ann has been mined. Two of the crew were killed and five taken to the hospital. The captain the two mates, two…

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Through the War Zone. First American Steamer Arrives. Vancouver

Daily Observer · Saturday 24 February 1917 · page 2

The first American ship through the war zone has arrived at New York with many passengers. The vessel also has on board two…

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Collier Wrecked. Sydney

Daily Observer · Monday 26 February 1917 · page 2

The collier, Yambacoona has been wrecked near Terrigal. The captain and crew were saved…

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Steamer Collides with Wharf Sydney

Daily Observer · Saturday 3 March 1917 · page 2

A steamer colided with the wharf at Gisborne (N.Z.) last night and was badly damaged. She was beached to prevent her sinking…

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Schooner Ashore. Total Wreck Feared. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 12 March 1917 · page 2

The three-masted schooner Korora went ashore near Hacking Point. Newcastle last night. Unless the sea moderates she will become a total wreck…

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Dismasted Schooner. Sydney

Daily Observer · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 4

A wireless message was received in Sydney this morning to the effect that a cable steamer had picked up the dismasted schooner Hawk, 150 miles from…

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American Steamer Sunk. Not an Overt Act. VANCOUVER

Daily Observer · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 2

The American steamer Alconquin has been torpedoed. The vessel was formerly on the Canadian Great Lakes service. She was…

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German Gentleness. Schooner's Crew Left to Fate. LONDON

Daily Observer · Thursday 22 March 1917 · page 2

The captain his wife and eight of the crew of the small Swedish schooner Dag have been landed after a most terrible experience…

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