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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917

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German Steamer London, Sunday Night

The North Western Courier · Monday 30 July 1917 · page 2

The Admiralty reports that British submarines captured the German steamer. Batavia, in the North Sea on Friday…

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Submarine Sinks German Steamer. London

Daily Observer · Tuesday 31 July 1917 · page 2

The Admiralty reports: One of our submarines in the North Sea on Friday captured the German steamer Batavier. The crew abandoned the ship and a prize…

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Mail Steamer Mooltan Sunk. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 1 August 1917 · page 2

The Navy Department has announced Mat the mail steamer Mooltan was sunk in the Mediterranean on the voyage from Sydney to London. All the…

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Troop Ship Goes Ashore

The North Western Courier · Friday 3 August 1917 · page 2

A United States ship, GOOD tons burden, carrying 546 wounded soldiers, went ashore on the Canadian coast. All the soldiers and crew were…

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Troopship Ashore. Canadian Wounded Soldiers Rescued. LONDON

Daily Observer · Saturday 4 August 1917 · page 2

A ship or six thousand tons with 546 returned wounded soldiers aboard is ashore on the Canadian coast. All the soldiers and crow were rescued by…

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Late Telegrams. Big Steamer Sinks. While Being Towed to Sydney. All the Crew Safe. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 13 August 1917 · page 2

News was received in Sydney at midnight that the big steamer Cumberlanad had foundered and sunk four miles south-east of Green Cape while being…

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Steamer Matunga Missing. Melbourne

Daily Observer · Tuesday 14 August 1917 · page 2

The Navy Office announces that the gravest fears are entertained for the Burns. Philp steamer Matunga, which left Brisbane on July 30 for Rabaul. She…

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American Steamer Sunk. Washington

Daily Observer · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 2

The sinking of the American Tank steamer, Gampnna, and the capture of four naval guards and the captain by a German submarine, is announced by the…

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Latest Cable News. Big Steamer Sunk Nineteen Fatalities on City of Athens. Whole Family Drowned. VANCOUVER

Daily Observer · Thursday 16 August 1917 · page 2

Five Americans were drowned when the American steamer City of Athens struck a mine close to Capetown. Four of the crew and ten other…

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Steamer Lost. Three Casualties. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Tuesday 21 August 1917 · page 2

The New Zealand Shipping Company has announced the loss of the steamer Tunakina, while on the way to New York from London. Two trimmers and a…

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Sixty Years Ago. Wreck of the Dundar

The North Western Courier · Friday 24 August 1917 · page 4

It wan 60 years last Monday night since the ship Dunbar was wrecked at the Gap, near South Head, Sydney. The vessol, which sailed from London…

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Liner Wrecked on African Coast. Capetown

Daily Observer · Saturday 25 August 1917 · page 2

A message from Lourenco Marques says that the steamer, City of Nagpur, bound for India, struck tho Deccan Reef, 25 miles from Delagoa Bay. It is…

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Missing Steamer Matunga. Sydney

Daily Observer · Tuesday 28 August 1917 · page 2

There is still no news of the overdue steamer Matunga. The worst fears are entertained…

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Late Telegrams. Fire on a Steamer. Flames Cannot be Checked. City Brigades Unable to Effect Save. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 29 August 1917 · page 2

A fire was discovered on the steamer Morinda shortly before her arrival in Sydney last night. When about 100 tons of cargo had…

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Sunken Steamer Declared Black. Sydney. Thursday, 3.15 p.m

The North Western Courier · Friday 31 August 1917 · page 2

The steamer, Morinda, which sank after a fire had broken out on board, has been declared "black". Several shipwrights, who put in an…

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Fire on Schooner. Sydney

Daily Observer · Wednesday 5 September 1917 · page 2

A suspicions fire occurred aboard a schooner at Port Adelaide last night. Although the flames were got under control, considerable damage resulted…

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Interstate Steamer Sails. Sydney, Wednesday. 11 a.m

The North Western Courier · Wednesday 5 September 1917 · page 2

An interstate steamer, with a full cargo, was dispatched to Melbourne and Port Piric yesterday…

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Steamer Morinda Re-floated. Sydney

Daily Observer · Saturday 8 September 1917 · page 2

The steamer Morinda was re-floated this morning…

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Explosion on Steamer LONDON

Daily Observer · Tuesday 11 September 1917 · page 2

Lloyd's Marseilles correspondent says that the Portuguese steamer Alentejo, requisitioned by the Portuguese Government, blew up in the harbor…

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Daily Steamer Service

Daily Observer · Wednesday 12 September 1917 · page 1

The Newcastle and Hunter River S.S. Co. drawn special attention in the advertising columns to the daily service between Morpeth, Newcastle, and…

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