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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

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Missing Schooner

Northern Star · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 8

SYDNEY, Friday.—The steamer Alice, with the schooner Cavan in tow, broke her tail shaft off Norah Head. The tow line had to be cast off. The steamer…

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Smallpox. Steamer Arrives with Two Cases

Northern Star · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 8

SYDNEY, Friday.—The steamer Rume arrived in Hobson's Bay from London yesterday with two cases of smallpox on board…

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Mined. Danish Steamer Sunk. London

Tweed Daily · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 5

The Danish steamer McHolm struck mine off Flamborough Head and sank in 15 minutes. All the crew escaped…

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Price Too High. Allies Wait For New Army. The Raid on Dunkirk. Many Buildings Wrecked Commander Hewlett Safe. German Submarines Active. Vessel Mined Off Flamborough. "Sydney's" Commander Honored. Raid on Dunkirk. Many Buildings Wrecked. London

Tweed Daily · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 5

The bombs dropped by the German airmen upon Dunkirk threw up great clouds of smoke filled with. shrapnel. Buildings were wrecked in all directions…

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Gale Along the Coast. the Kyogle's Experience. Wreckage Discovered

Northern Star · Saturday 2 January 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—Indications that some vessel has been overtaken by disaster on the North Coast was forthcoming on the voyage of the steamer Kyogle from…

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Missing Schooner

Northern Star · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 8

SYDNEY, Saturday.—The missing schooner Cavan had not been sighted up to a late hour last night. The owners, belive the vessel to be all right and that she…

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Danish Steamer Mined

Northern Star · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—A Danish steamer was sunk by a mina in the North Sea. The crew were saved…

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Disabled Steamer. Towed Into Port

Northern Star · Monday 4 January 1915 · page 4

SYDNEY, Saturday.—A steamer was in a storin last night, during which the machinery broke down. The vessel fried a rocket for immediate assistance. The pllot…

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Latest War News. Wreck of the Formidable. London

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 5 January 1915 · page 5

The British battleship Formidable has been sunk in the English Channel. It is not known whether the disaster was due to a mine or a…

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Buffetted for a Week. American Schooner's Experience. London

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 5

The American schooner Columbia from Paget Sound, entered a gale on New, Year's Day off the coast. A huge wave struck the vessel, demolishing her…

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Wreckage Not From the Endeavor

Northern Star · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A message from Hobart states definitely that the wreckage reported to have floated ashore in Tasmania is not from the Endeavor…

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A Schooner's Safety. Fears Allayed

Northern Star · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 4

SYDNEY, Wedensday.—Fears for the safety of the schooner Cavan were allayed last night. When the French barque Sully arrived in Nowcastle from Wallaroo…

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Japanese Steamer Founders TOKIO

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 3

The Daito Maru (1311 tons) bound from Osaka to Daleney has found red near Fort Hamilton. Forty-eight of the company perished…

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German Steamer's Escape. Braziian Officials Dismissed

Northern Star · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 5

RIO DE JANERIRO, Tuesday.—The Government has dismissed the officials responsible for allowing a German stamer to secrtly leave Pernambuco, a seaport…

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Australian Bound Steamer Sunk. by German Auxiliary Cruliser

Northern Star · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The German auxiliary cruiser Kroaprinz Wilhelm (a Nord Dutscher Lloyd liner of 15,000 tons, pre viously running between New York and…

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Steamer Cavan Reported All Well on Board. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Thursday 7 January 1915 · page 3

The steamer Waiuna which arrived at Newcastle from New Zealand this morning reports having passed the schooner Cavan yesterday morning 140…

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Ashore on the North Coast

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

Another shipping disaster was reported from tho North Coast last week. The unfortunate vessel was the Douglas Mawson, a new vessel, barely six months in…

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Steamer Released

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 7

SYDNEY, Thursday.—The steamer Pacilique, which was detained at Watson's Buy owing to a suspicious case of sickness, was released this afternoon…

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German Steamer Mutiny. Trouble at New York

Northern Star · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 2

There are many evidencee of dissensions, bordering in some cases upon revolt, amongst the crews of the scores of German vessels lying idle in American ports…

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Grafton News. Ferry Steamer Removed. an Intolerable Position. Grafton

Tweed Daily · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 5

Probably as the result of the resolution from last night's indignation meeting re ferry removal that the ferry steamer Helen be kept in the river…

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