Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Shipwrecks & the sea, all years

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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918

139 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 1 of 7

Spanish Steamer Torpedoed. Captain and Twenty Sailors Missing LONDON

Daily Observer · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 2

Reuter's Las Palmas correspondent, reports that a boat containing the first officer and eighteen survivors of the Spanish steamer, Joaquin Mumbrull has…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Monday. British Steamer Sunk

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 3

A Paris message states that the en-emy has torpedoed a British steamer in the Mediterranean, which sank in three minutes. The submarine made…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Missing From Steamer. Man Lost on Voyage to Richmond River

Daily Observer · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

On the arrival of the steamer Burringbar. Captain Nicholson, reported that a man was lost overboard just about ten minutes before entering Richmond…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

American Steamers Lost. Trawler and Tank Steamer Sunk. (Reuter's Telegram.)

Daily Observer · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 2

The New York tank steamer Texan has been lost. The crew abandoned the vessel, following on a collision. The, Washington office announces that…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Steamer Tied Up. Sydney

Daily Observer · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 6

The steamer Time, with 3800 tons of, coal on board, is lying Idle at Port Augusta, because the even refuse to discharge her unless they are , provided…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Another Steamer Torpedoed (Reuter's Telegram.)

Daily Observer · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 2

Reuter's correspondent at Las Palmas reports that the Atlas was torpedoed and sunk 25 miles from the island of Fuerenteventura…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Steamer Held Up

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1918 · page 2

The steamer Time, with 3800 tons of Coal on board, is lying idle at Port Augusta, because the men refuse to discharge her unless they are unprovided…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Missing Steamer

Daily Observer · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 2

Lloyds report that the steamer Ugend has been missing since the beginning of November. A number of bodies, Supposed to be…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Destroyers Wrecked in Gale Off Scotland

Daily Observer · Saturday 19 January 1918 · page 2

The Admiralty announces that two British destroyers on the night of January 12 were totally wrecked on the coast of Scotland in a violent gale…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Spanish Steamer Torpedoed

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 22 January 1918 · page 3

The Spanish steamer Donanova, flying the national flag with the colors painted on the side was torpedoed in the Mediterranean, but has been towed…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Floods in Queensland. Steamer and Trains Delayed. Mackay Isolated. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 23 January 1918 · page 2

News from Queensland states that the steamer Wyreema was unable to enter Keppel Bay yesterday owing to the rough weather. The vessel is…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

British Steamer Sunk OVER 700 Drowned. London

Daily Observer · Friday 25 January 1918 · page 2

In the House of Commons Mr. MacNanmra stated that as the result of the sinking of two British steamers in the Mediterranean, 708 persons were…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Wooden Steamer

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 3

Information has been received that the first of the wooden steamers being built in America to the order of the Commonwealth Government will leave…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Queensland Disaster Bowen Safe. Railways Still Submerged. Commonwealth Government's Sympathy Steamer's Exciting Experience. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Tuesday 29 January 1918 · page 2

Further particulars of the Mackay disaster are anxiously awaited. Many miles of railway in the central district of Queensland are still submerged…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Spanish Steamer Sunk. Crew Robbed by Huns

Daily Observer · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 2

Reuter's says that there is great indignation in Spain at the torpedoing of the Spanish steamer Giralda on January 26, thirty miles west of Lagardia…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Steamer Torpedoed Off Irish Coast. Four Stokers Killed. LONDON

Daily Observer · Wednesday 30 January 1918 · page 2

A message states that the steamer Andania has been sunk with mails for Australia aboard. The Andania survivors, who were…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Steamer Escapes. Brisbane

The North Western Courier · Thursday 31 January 1918 · page 2

It is now known that the steamer branch escaped being wrecked in the resent cyclone off the Queensland coast…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Queensland Floods Water Still Rising at Rockhampton. Steamer in a Cyclone. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 1 February 1918 · page 2

Latest messages from Rockhampton indicate that the flood waters have made a sensational rise and have now reached the highest point at East-street…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Flood Waters Receding. Missing Schooner Turns Up. BRISBANE

Daily Observer · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 2

The flood situation at Mackay is improving. The flood waters in the, north are very slowly receding. It is reported that the schooner Crete…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Boarding Steamer Torpedoed OVER 200 Lives Lost

Daily Observer · Monday 4 February 1918 · page 2

The Admiralty reports that the armed boarding steamer Rouvain was torpedoed and sunk in the eastern Mediterranean on January 21…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →