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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

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Steamer on a Reef. the Passengers Landed

Northern Star · Monday 15 February 1915 · page 4

COOKTOWN, Sunday.—Messrs. Burns. Philp and Company's steamer [?]rsina which went ashore on a reef, had ahoard 400 tons of cargo and 40 passengers. Teh…

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Schooner Overdue. All Hope for Safety Abandoned. Was She Sunk by the Germans?

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 February 1915 · page 5

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Monday.—All hope for the safety of the British four-masted schooner Rimac, 600 tons, four months overdue at The Bluff from Surprise Island…

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The Wrecked Marsina

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 16 February 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The steamer Marsina is ashore near Cooktown, Queensland. The fore portion of the vessel is well up on the reef, the…

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Steamer Mined

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 February 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The Wavelet, from Pensacola to Leith, was mined and beached off Deal, All the crew landed except 12, who were drowned through the…

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Steamer Torpedoed

Northern Star · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 5

PARIS, Wednesday.—The Dulwich was torpedoed on a clear night without warning…

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French Steamer Sunk

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—A German submarine blew up and sank as French steamer between Cherbourg and Dunkirk. The crew of the…

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French Steamer Sunk. German Submarine at Work. Norwegian Steamer's Lucky Escape

Northern Star · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 5

PARIS, Wednesday.—The German submarine Sixteen on Tuesday blew up and sank the French steamer Ville De Lille between Cherbourg and Dunkirk, giving the…

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Sounds of Skirmishing. Drecautions on a Mail Steamer

Northern Star · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Thursday.—While the mail steamer Drsovn, which arrived at Fremanile to-day, were passing through the Suez Canal sounds of skirmishing were…

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Nerve Wrecked Germans

The Richmond River Herald and Northern Districts Advertiser · Friday 19 February 1915 · page 7

Germany has been the foremost exponent of the doctorine that war is the great regenerator of peoples. This makes specially interesting an article…

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Troopship Ashore. Melbourne

Tweed Daily · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 5

A transport vessel carrying troops went aground on the coast of northern Australia yesterday. There was no danger nor loss of life or property…

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Another Zefpelin Wrecked. London

Tweed Daily · Saturday 20 February 1915 · page 5

Copenhagen reports that another Zeppelin has been wrecked on the coast of Jutland. Eleven of the crew were saved and four drowned…

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Norwegian Steamer Mined. London

Tweed Daily · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 3

The Norwegian steamer Belligade continued her voyage after striking a mine off Dover…

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Norwegian Steamer Sunk

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 5

COPENHAGEN, Sunday.—The Norwegian steamer B Jarke, from Leigh, struck a mine I and foundered. The crow were saved…

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Coal Steamer Sunk

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—A shubmarine torpedoed and sunk a small coal inden steamer the Bowenshire off the Calf of Man on Saturday evening. They gave the…

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Hull Steamer Missing

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 3

The Hull steamer New Blond has been missing since Monday…

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Steamer to Be Released

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—It is announced that the Government will release the steamer Brikenfels, bound from New York to Apolda (Germany)…

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The Attempted Blockade. British Steamer Torpedoed. London

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 3

The British steamer Cambank, 3112 tons, was torpedoed off Holyhead by a German submarine, and sank, Four persons were drowned…

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Norwegian Steamer Sunk

Northern Star · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—The Norweglan steamer Regin, from the Tyne to Bordeaux, coal laden, was sunk in the minutes. A British destroyer saved the crew…

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Torpedo That Missed. Channel Steamer's Escape. London

Tweed Daily · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 3

The Admiralty announces that a Folkstone-Boulogne Channel steamer was attacked by a German submarine on Monday night shortly after leaving…

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Australian Steamer's Experienced. Sydney, Tuesday, 1 p.m

Mullumbimby Star · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 4

When the Australian mail steamer Maloja, with 400 passengers on board, was entering the English Channel on Saturday, she was…

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