Missed by Thirty Yards. Passenger Steamer's Narrow Escape
LONDON, Wednesday.—A German submarine tried to torpedo the Folkestone to Boulogne passenger steamer on Monday night. The torpedo passed thirty yards…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915
518 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 26
American Steamer Sunk. Disobeyed German Orders. London
President Whitson has announced that the cargo steamer Evelyn was sunk by German mines. She disobeyed instructions by taking, the wrong course…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday's Wires Across the North Sea Germany's Line Could Be Broken Neutral Steamer Sunk Sydney, Wednesday, 1.4 p.m
Amsterdam reports states that a Zeppelin, together with a dozen aeroplanes, was seen crossing the North Sea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Sinking of Neutral Ships A Norwegian Steamer Sunk A Zeppelin and Airship Raid Expected on England Heavy Fighting in France and Belgium
IN France and Belgium the positions of the armies of the Allies and the enemy are practically the same. The German aircraft have made a Few raids but none have been of any military signaficance. The Allies have replied in somewhat a like manner. In the Champagne, Argonne and Alsace regions the French made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Thirteen Churches Wrecked. Hurricane in the Islands
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Thirteen churches were wreeked in the recent hurricane in the Tonga gronp…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Retreating Russians. Germans Strong in East Prussia. Quiet Time in France. American Cargo Steamer Sunk Took the Prohibited Route Allies' Financial Resources. A War of Equipment, Riot at Singapore. in East Prussia. Hurried Russian Retreat. Heroic Army Corps. London
The "Times" correspondent in the Balkans states that the retreat of the Russians in the Russians in the Bukowina region is only a temporary reverse, and a third…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—An American steamer with a cargo of cotton was mined and sunk off the German coast…
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AMSTERDAM, Wednesday.—The American steamer Carib, laden with cotton, was mined and sunk off the German coast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Freight Inquiry
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A deputation from the Butter Shippers' Association is to wait on Mr. Cann regarding steamer freights to London…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest War News. "The British Bulldog." Unnatural Germans. Armoured Cruiser Missing. Steamer Cokby Sunk
LONDON, Wednesday.—The steamer Cokby was sunk in the English Channel, but the crew were saved…
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The Danish steamer Frederic VIII. sails with a searchlight and other special electric illuminations designed to display her national colours at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Steamer Dacia LONDON, Tuesdays
The steamer Dacia is reported by wireless to be 4000 miles west of Landsend…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Torpedo at Work. Steamer Sinks in Seven Minutes
LONDON, Thursday.—The steamer Westorncoast was blown up and sunk at Beachy Head, near Brighton (Sussex), All hands were saved. It is believed the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A quantity of wreckage was washed up on the beach near Wollongong. The pilot has gone to the scene to investigate…
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AMSTERDAM, Friday.—The Swedish Steamer Svarton arrived at Ymulden seriously damaged by a mine or torpedo near the Dutch Coast…
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The Swedish steamer "Svarmon," bound from Rotterdam to Scandinavian ports, struck a mine or was [?]crpedoed in the North Sea. The noise…
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PARIS, Sunday.—It is officially stated that a French cruiser has captured the steamer Dacia, which was carrying a cargo of cotton from America to Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →American Steamer Arrested. London
It is officially slated that a French cruiser has arrested the American steamer "Dacia" which was taken into Brest…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Savage Warfare in the Depths of Africa. Exciting Brush. Lake Steamer Almost Ambushed
Writing to his father from Nairobi, Btitish East Africa, a volunteer in Bowker's Horse says: "We (Bowker's Horse) were suddenly called out at midnight and told…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wrecked in a Storm. Fate of a Child-killing Machine. London
Amsterdam reports that a Zeppelin flying over Cologne was destroyed in a storm. The crew were saved…
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