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

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918

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Schooner and Submarines

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 27 September 1918 · page 2

A British schooner was attacked by a submarine. The schooner hit tho submarine, which disappears; a second submarine thenattacked her…

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Wreck at the Islands

The North Western Courier · Monday 30 September 1918 · page 2

Particulars have been received that a schooner, up to the present unknown, has been wrecked wrecked at the Fiji Group. It appears that the vessel was bound…

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Commonwealth Steamer Torpedoed. Captain and Members of Crew Missing SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Tuesday 1 October 1918 · page 2

The Minster for the Navy states that the steamer Tasman. which until taken over recently by the Federar Government was running under the Dutch flag…

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Ferdinand in Tears. a Nervous Wreck. Reason for His Abdication. LONDON

Daily Observer · Wednesday 9 October 1918 · page 2

An Amsterdam message says: Austrian reports describe ex-King Ferdinand as a nervous wreck. He refused to leave the train at Budapest. Reading a Hungarian…

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Ferry Steamer Damaged. Sydney

Daily Observer · Thursday 10 October 1918 · page 2

The ferry steamer Koree was considerably damaged this morning in collision, with the pontoon at Milson's Point. There was no injury to life…

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The War Japanese Steamer Sunk. Capetown

The North Western Courier · Thursday 10 October 1918 · page 2

The Government announces the torpedoing of the Japanese steamer, Hirano, which carried 40 South African passengers, of whom only three were…

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The Latest. Jap. Steamer Torpedoed. Large Loss of Life

Daily Observer · Thursday 10 October 1918 · page 2

[?], Wednesday. The Government announces the torpedoing of the Japanese steamer, Hirano, which carried 40 South…

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The War. Torpedoed Jap. Steamer. Nearly 300 Drowned. Terrible Tale of Hun Brutality. LONDON

Daily Observer · Saturday 12 October 1918 · page 2

The Japanese steamship, Hirano Maru, was torpedoed at daybreak on Friday. there were 320 aboard, of whom 200 were passengers, including women and…

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Modern Wreckers

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

The wreckors of olden times were gulity of gross crimes to make there [?] catting possible and remunerative false signals and decoy lights…

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Spanish Influenza. Outbreak on Eastern Steamer Vessel [?] at Port Darwin. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 21 October 1918 · page 2

I was states in Melbourne by the Minister in change of Quarantine, that according to the latest advices everything was going along well at Port Darwin…

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Allies Reach Danube. Monitor Forced Ashore Servians Face Germans. LONDON

Daily Observer · Wednesday 23 October 1918 · page 2

A French Eastern communique states: The French troops on October 19 reached the Danube in the region of Vidin, and proceeded to stop the traffic. An enemy…

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The War. Another Packet Steamer Sunk in Irish Sea. LONDON

Daily Observer · Wednesday 23 October 1918 · page 2

Another Irish packet steamer, the Dundalk has been torpedoed in the Irish Sea. Thirteen of the crew of 80 have been landed…

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Steamer Wrecked Off Alaska. 325 Lives Lost. Vancouver

Daily Observer · Monday 28 October 1918 · page 2

The steamer Princess Sofia, foundered 50 miles south of Skagway on the Alas­kan Coast, 325 being drowned. The ves­sel left Skagway on Wednesday night,…

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Proposed Labor Conference Crew of Channel Steamer. Refuse to Convey Arthur Henderson. LONDON

Daily Observer · Monday 28 October 1918 · page 2

At Folkestone the crew of a cross channel steamer refused to convey Mr. Arthur Henderson to Paris. Mr. Henderson returned to the harbour…

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Steamer Founders Off Canada Forty Lives Lost. VANCOUVER

Daily Observer · Friday 1 November 1918 · page 2

Another shipping disaster has occurred off the British Columbia Coast, in which 40 lives have been lost. The Government steamer Galiando was…

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Dastardly Hun Trap. Attempt to Wreck a Church London

Daily Observer · Monday 4 November 1918 · page 2

The Americans occupying the village of St. Martin Reviere, on the British front, found within the bell of the church a powerful bomb, connected by a wire…

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Wreckage on the Coast. Newcastle

The North Western Courier · Thursday 7 November 1918 · page 2

Further wreckage has been sighted off the coast, near Newcastle. It is believed to have belonged to the missing vessel Handa Isle…

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Missing Schooner. Handa Isle Believed to Have Foundered SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 8 November 1918 · page 1

It is now considered practically certain that the missing schooner Handa Isle has foundered at sea Wreckage has been found off Port Monday, and…

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American Steamer Sunk. Many of Crew Missing. Vancouver

Daily Observer · Monday 11 November 1918 · page 2

Ocean City (New Jersey) reports: The American steamer Saettia struck a mine 25 miles off this shore and sunk in 20 minutes. Thirty-seven of the crew are…

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Spanish Influenza. Steamer's Officer Dead. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Friday 15 November 1918 · page 5

The Union Coy. has received a cable from New Zealand stating that Alfred Newtown, third officer, of the steamer Whangape died there on Tuesday night…

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