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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917

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Late Telegrams. Smallpox at Coonamble. Sydney Sunday Brawl on a Steamer. Three Firemen in Hospital. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 2 April 1917 · page 2

Five cases of small-pox are reported from Coonamble. A free fight occurred last night among the firemen on board the steamer Port Hardy lying at Darling Harbor. Several of the combatants were badly cut with…

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Russians Repulse Enemy. Turkish Schooner Abandoned. LONDON

Daily Observer · Thursday 5 April 1917 · page 2

The Russians threw back at the bayonet point, enemy attacks which penetrated the trenches in the regions to the south of Illukst and South-east of…

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Chinese Junk Wreck. Crew Drowned. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 13 April 1917 · page 2

A Chinese junk has been round wrecked on the beach near Channel Point, Port Darwin. All on board, consisting of three…

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American Schooner Sunk. WASHINGTON

Daily Observer · Saturday 14 April 1917 · page 2

The American schooner [?] was submarined on April 4 south-west of Sardinia. The crew, including American, were 46 hours in an open…

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The Latest. Spain Angry. Sinking of Steamer Resented, No Break with Germany. (Published in "The Times.") MADRID

Daily Observer · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 2

The "Times" correspondent reports that the torpedoing of the San Fulgencio loses nothing in poignancy by the captain's story of how the flag was…

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Peace Meeting Wrecked. Pacifists Roughly Handled. London

Daily Observer · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 2

A peace meeting in the East End was wrecked and flags lorn up by indignant crowds. Two pocifists were hurled over the railings…

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American Schooner Sunk. London. Friday. Mid-day

The North Western Courier · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 2

The American scheoner, Percy Birdall. has been destroyed by submarine gunfire. Only a few of the crew survived…

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Sea Mystery. Opal Dealer Disappears from Steamer. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 30 April 1917 · page 2

When the steamer Dimboola arrived at Melbourne from Adelaide it was reported that George Dunstan Jones, 32, an opal dealer who booked his passage…

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German Treachery. French Steamer Callously Sunk. Boats Fired On. LONDON

Daily Observer · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 2

The Paris "Journal" states. that a French steamer responding to the Nor­wegian Bergen's S.O.S. signal steamed full speed for 90 minutes to a supposed…

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Germany's Latest. Steamer Sunk by Seaplane. Week's Submarine Losses. LONDON

Daily Observer · Friday 4 May 1917 · page 2

The Admiralty announces that the British steamer Gena was sunk on Tuesday by a torpedo discharged from a German seaplane off Aldburgh. All…

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New Zealand Steamer Torpedoed. Sydney, Monday, 11 a.m

The North Western Courier · Monday 14 May 1917 · page 2

The New Zealand Shipping Company has been informed that one of its linera, the Roturua, has been torpedoed in the English Channel…

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Spain Indignant. Another Steamer Sunk. Madrid

Daily Observer · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 2

A German submarine sank the Spanish steamer Carmen while proceeding to Cette. The Government is protesting and…

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French Naval Steamer Sunk Over Fifty Drowned. LONDON

Daily Observer · Tuesday 22 May 1917 · page 2

The French naval vessel, Colbert, has been torpedoed in thhe [?]Mditerrancean. Fifty-one were drowned…

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French Steamer Torpedoed. London, Thursday Night

The North Western Courier · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 2

The French steamer Sontary Round [?] Marselles to Salonika carrying 18 passengers and 81 of a crew has [?] torpedoed…

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Liner Hopelessly Wrecked

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 2

The Leyland liner, the Colonial, of 6000 tons, has gone ashore and is a hopeless wreck…

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Brazilian Steamer Torpedoed MADRID

Daily Observer · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 2

Thirty survivors from the torpedoed Brazilian steamer Samk have been landed…

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Another Steamer Sunk. Over a Hundred Passengers Drowned. LONDON

Daily Observer · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 2

A telegram, the place of origin of which has been suppressed reports the sinking of the steamer Eizaguirre. One hundred and thirty three passengers and…

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American Steamer Sunk. London, Thursday Night

The North Western Courier · Friday 8 June 1917 · page 2

Washington announces that the American steamer. Silver Shell, was sunk, in the Mediterranean Sea after she had exchanged 60 shots with a…

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Submarine Shells Lifeboat. Incident Off Irish Coast. LONDON

Daily Observer · Saturday 9 June 1917 · page 2

The survivers of the barque Madura, who reached an Atlantic point yesterday, recounting the sub-marining of the vessel, said that an American destroyer…

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Abandoned at Sea. Union Co.'s Steamer on Fire. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Thursday 21 June 1917 · page 2

The Navy Office states that the Union Steamship Company's steamer Waitotara, caught on fire at sea and was abandoned. The whole of the crew was picked…

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