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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917

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Endangering Safety of Steamer. Foreign Seamen Charged

Daily Observer · Wednesday 14 November 1917 · page 2

Two foreign seamen, Otto Kar[?]son and Felix Mandolin, natives of Sweden and Finland respectively, were before the police court to-day changed with…

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Archbishop Knocked Down. While Running to Catch Steamer

Daily Observer · Saturday 17 November 1917 · page 2

Archbishop Kelly was knocked down by a horse just outside the Manly wharf at Circular Quay this afternoon while he was running across the street to…

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Union Steamer Torpedoed. Loss of Life Heavy. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 30 November 1917 · page 2

It is reported that the steamer Aparima, belonging to the Union Steamship Company, was torpedoed and sunk by a submarine in the English Channel…

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Steamer Torpedoed Big Loss of Life

Daily Observer · Thursday 6 December 1917 · page 2

The Elder Dempster steamer Apapa has been [?]rpedoed and sunk. It is reported that eighty passengers and the crew perished, while 120 were…

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Munition Steamer Explodes. London, Thursday Night

The North Western Courier · Friday 7 December 1917 · page 2

A munition steamer exploded at Halifax. "Three hundred people were killed, and one thousand others injured…

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Explosive Works Wrecked. London, Thursday Night

The North Western Courier · Friday 21 December 1917 · page 2

An official bulletin issued in London states that an explosion wrecked the buildings of an explosive works north ward of London, but fortunately no…

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Put To Flight Italian Steamer Attacks Submarine

Daily Observer · Monday 31 December 1917 · page 2

Reuter's Rome correspondent says that an Italian steamer was recently torpedoed in the Atlantic by a big submarine, carrying four guns. The…

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