Shipping Disasters. Schooner on the Rocks
SYDNEY, Monday.—The schooner Tramp piled on the rocks at North Head last night. The crew narrowly escaped. At 7.30 the vessel, having sailed from…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915
518 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 26
The Wrecked Tokio Maru. Part of a New Zealand Gift Lost. Wellington (N.z.)
The cargo of the wrecked steamer Tokio Maru, sunk in the English Channel comprised only 430 carcases of meat as portion of the gift by New…
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The crew of the schooner tramp wrecked at. North Head ret pred to the vessel this morning and cooker their breakfast…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Afire. London, Monday.—The steamer Nairnshire is alire off Havre. Activity in France. Further Attacks Nearla Bassee Forced to Fly
PARIS, Tuesday.—A communinue states: —There bas been a very heavy fall of snow The Germans on the morning of the 1st inst. violently assaulted our trenches north…
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A tiny leak in a big ship can easily be stopped, if taken in time, but if disregarded it will overcome the mightiest vessel, and drag her beneath the sea; there is no…
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SYDNEY, Thursday .—The schooner Tran. P, which was wrecked on North Head at the beginning of the week, was sold by auction yesterday to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CABLEGRAMS. Gale off Cadiz Forty Vessels Wrecked. London
It is reported from Gibraltar that a gale wrecked 40 vessels off Cadiz. Loss of life was enormous, and great destruction was wrought in the harbours…
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LONDON, Friday.—An officer of the Australia, in a letter, states that the Australla sighted a steamer off the Brazilian coast on 6th January at a distance…
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The officers and crew have been saved of the Japanese cruiser Asama, which was wrecked on the Mexican coast. News of the wreck was kept…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wrecked Marama. Particulars of Damage. San Francisco
A survey of the Marama discloses that about fifty plates amidships are either punctured, dented or warped. The double bottoms saved the vessel…
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WASHINGTON, Friday.—The officers and men of the Japanese cruiser Asama, which was lost off the Mexican coast, have been saved. News of the disaster was kept…
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WASHINGTON, Sunday.—The Japanese warship Asama was lost through striking rocks on the Californian coast during a gale. The officers and crew were landed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mysterious Loss of Steamer. Attributed to German Plot. London
The Spanish steamer Alphonso, lying at anchor at Santander, Northern spain, suddenly sank. The cause is a mystery. The crew were asleep at the…
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The steamer Grantala, searching for the missing trawler Endeavour, returned to Sydney this morning. The opinion of her officers is based…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—The steamer Oriole, with a crew of 22, London to Havre, has not arrived. It is believed she was torpedoed the same time as the Toko Mard…
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TOKIO, Tuesday.—The authroities have seized the Norwegian steamer Christian becasuer she surreptitiously conveyed to China Herr Von Hintz, lately German…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—It is pointed out that the German steamer Crefeldt used the Spanish flag when landing erews from steamers sunk by the Karisrube…
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Germany has been the foremost exponent of the doctrine that war is the great regenerator of peoples. This makes specially interesting an article written by the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Steamer on a Reef. the Marsina in a Critical. Position
BRISBANE, Friday.—A telegram hs been received from Cooktown reporting that Messrs. Buras, Philp and Co.'s steamer Marsina went ashore on a reef…
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Scarborough reports that the cargo steamer Torquay has been towed into port in a sinking condition. She struck a mine or was hit by a torpedo…
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