Tug and Schooner Overdue. Sydney
The tug Champion, with the org schooner Cavan in tow is overdue at Sydney from Newcastle which port she left last night. It is believed that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Shipwrecks & the sea
Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917
107 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 3 of 6
Bohemian Revolution German Quarters Wrecked. Universal Suffrage Demanded. LONDON
Reuter's Paris correspondent says that authoritative advices have been received that Prague, the capital of Bohemia, is at present the centre of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ketch Wrecked. All Hands Saved. SYDNEY
The ketch H.J.H. was lost in the Bass Strait at midnight on Saturday during a roaring westerly. All hands were saved. Most of the cargo, stores and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mail Steamer Mongolia Sunk. London, Tuesday Night
The P. and O. Mail Steamer, Mongolla, whilst on a voyage from London, to Sydney, was sunk in the Indian Occar, by a German submarine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dynamite on Steamer. London
A Stockholm telegram status that dynamite has been discovered on a British steamer loading there. German agents are suspected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MESOPOTAMIA. British Bomb River Steamer. LONDON
A Mesopotamia official message says: Our aeroplanes bombed and directly hit a Turkish river steamer. Hostile aeroplanes bombarded camps at Tekrit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Sunk. London, Sunday Night
The steamer, Himalaya, sang in the Mediterranean Sea, after an explosion. Twenty eight persons were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Collides with Quay. London, Sunday Night
The Christopher Columbus, a passenger steamer, which was crowded with people, rammed the wharf at Milan Quay, with the result that eight of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Buildings Wrecked. Sydney
A number of buildings in Perth were party wrecked yesterday morning durning a thunderstorm. A thunderbolt struck some buildings. The iron roof of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ketch Wrecked. Passengers and Crew Saved with Difficulty. SYDNEY
A passenger from the ketch, H.P.L., winch was recently wrecked in Bass Strait, gives a thrilling story of his terrible experiences. The vessel was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegrams. Another Mail Steamer Sunk. London, Friday, Noon
The British India Company's [?] Mongara, bound from Sydney to London has been sunk. All the mails were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →French Steamer's Plucky Fight
The French steamer, Diane, plucky fought a German submarine, firing 100 shots, and the submarine was compelled to sink…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Abandoned. London
The steamer Chilka bound from Madras in Rangoon, has abandoned on fire. Seventeen hundred passengers are on board. It is feared that there have…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Total Wreck Feared. Steamer Cumberland Breaking Up. SYDNEY
In connection with the wreck of the steamer Cumberland the divers discovered a great hole extending from the main deck to the ship's bottom. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Unknown Vessel Wrecked. Sydney, Wednesday, 11 a.m
It is reported that an unknown vessel has been wrecked on Jarvie Island, near Fanning Island. Only the poop of the vessel remains…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Explosion on Steamer Cumberland. Sydney, Friday. 11 a.m
The Commonwealth Government has offered a reward of £2000 for information leading to the conviction of the persons responsible for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wrecked Steamer Cumberland Chance of Saying Vessel. SYDNEY
A message received to-day states that the engine room of the steamer Cumberland has been cleared of water. There is now a good chance that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dutch Steamer Seized. London, Tuesday Night
Three German hydroplanes held up a Dutch steamer bound from England to Rotterdam, a mile outside neutral waters. A German officer was placed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Overdue. Sydney
A Wellington (N.Z.,) message states that no news has been received of a Union Company's steamer, now almost a month over-due at her destination. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bombs on Steamer. London
The "Times" Christiania correspondent says that during the unloading of a steamer from Bombay and America bombs were discovered. The scheme…
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