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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

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Allies' Great Victory. Brilliant Dash of the British. Battle of Neuvc Chapelle. The German Torpedo Still at Work. Vessels Sunk or Damaged. Enemy Retreat in Panic from Prasnsyz. Germans Hurrledly Building Submarines. Parsival Wrecked

Northern Star · Monday 15 March 1915 · page 5

AMSTERDAM, Friday.—A parsival was wrecked in a wood at Chent. Part of the crew were saved. Two were injured…

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Submarines Active. Attack Witnessed From Ashore

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—The U29's attack on the vessel Indian City was witnessed from ashore. A submarine chased the Headland and soon overtook her. The vessel was…

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French Steamer Sunk. Swedish Steamer Mined. London

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 3

It is reported that the Anna, a Swedish steamer, has been mined and sunk off Scarborough. Four lives were lost…

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German Plane Wrecked. Crew Rescued. London

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 3

A German bydro-aeroplane has been wrecked at Jutland. The crew were reac[?]d…

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Hydroplane Crew Wrecked

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 March 1915 · page 5

COPENHAGEN, Sudnay.—Fishing boats have rescued the crew of a German hydroplace which was wrecked on the Jutland coast…

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Scow Ashore. All Hands Safe. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 4

The scow Advance is ashore at Wreck Bay on the South Coast. All hands are safe…

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Vessel Wrecked. the Crew Safe

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Navigation Department has received a report stating that the coastal salling vessel Advance is a total wreck off Sussex Intet, on the…

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Russian Successes. Heavy Siege Batteries Wrecked

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 March 1915 · page 5

PETROGRAD, Monday.—The communique to-day is:—We have advanced along the whole of the Prasusyz front, on the Olava railway and the Orlice River…

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American Steamer Sunk

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

LONDON, Wednesday.—It is officially reported that the American steamer Atlanta, 2094 tons, belonging to the Chesapeake Stean[?]…

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"Boambee' Ashore Lime Cargo on Fire. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 3

The Navigation Department received a telegram from Newcastle to-day that the coasting steamer Boambee, 113 tons, owned by the Manning Rive…

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Late War News. Battle of St. Eloi. Every Corner a Death Trap. Greece's Dilemma. an American Steamer Torpedoed. German School Levies

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

LONDON, Wednesday.—Schools in Germany have been circularised and the children exhorted to devote all their savings to the war loan. In…

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Von Hindenburg Fails. Another Steamer Torpedoed. The Shortage of Munitions. Address by the Chancellor. East and West. Reports From Both Fronts. Von Hindenburg Fails in Poland. Belgians' Fresh Progress. London

Tweed Daily · Friday 19 March 1915 · page 2

The Russian Embassy in Rome declares that. Von Hindenburg has completely failed in Poland. He will probably withdraw to, the frontier…

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Steamer Sunk

Northern Star · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The Glasgow steamer Clanatney, from Bangkok to London with a cargo of rice, was torpedoed in the Channel at 8 o'clock in the morning. She…

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Escaped Steamer Captured. London

Tweed Daily · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 5

The German steamer Macedonia, which escaped from Las Palmas, has according to the "Daily Mail," been re-captured by a British cruiser…

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Fire on a Steamer. the Vessel Beached

Northern Star · Saturday 20 March 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Friday.—A fire broke out on the steamer Houmbee from this Manning River to Newcastle. The crew were unable to suppress the outbreak. The vessel…

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Dutch Steamer Seized

Northern Star · Monday 22 March 1915 · page 5

AMSTERDAM, Sunday.—A German warship seized the Dutch steamer Zaanstroon. laden with c[?]s, bound for London. The vessel was taken to Zeebrugge…

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Cargo Steamer Struck

Northern Star · Tuesday 23 March 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—An eight thousand ton gargo steamer was torpedoed at Beachy Head on Sunday afternoon. She is not believed to have sunk…

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General News. Steamer Delayed

Northern Star · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 4

The river steamer was delayed two hours last night on her trip to Lismore owing to getting into a large mass of water hyacinth below Coraki. She reached Lismore…

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Oil Steamer Destroyed

Northern Star · Thursday 25 March 1915 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Neptune Oil Company's steamer at Port Melbourne with a large and Valuable stock of [?] resins, and other inflanunable maternal…

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Steamer Quarantined. Suspected Case of Smallpox

Northern Star · Thursday 25 March 1915 · page 5

FREMANTLE, Wednesday.—The mail steamer morea is quarantined at Fremantle owing to a suspected case of sinallpox…

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