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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

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Steamer Torpedoed

Northern Star · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—The steamer Grown of Castile was torpedoed off the Scillys. The crew were rescued…

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French Steamer Torpredoed

Northern Star · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—The French steamer Emma was torpedoed off Beachy Head, without warning. Seventeen of the crew are missing…

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Steamer Escapes. Chased for Hour and a Half

Northern Star · Saturday 3 April 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—A suhmarine off the Scillys chased the City of Cambridge for an hour and a half. Shells damaged the City of Cambridge's deck, but she…

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British Steamer Sunk

Northern Star · Monday 5 April 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Friday.—The U28 sank the British steamer Southpoint 60 miles off Cape Finisterre. The crew, of thirty-six were landed at Lisbon by another…

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Determined Sinking of a Steamer

Northern Star · Monday 5 April 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The Middleshbrough steamer Lockwood was torpedoed and sunk yesterday off Start Point, Devonshire. The Lockwood went at full speed and cleverly…

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German Steamer Mined. London

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 April 1915 · page 3

A despatch to Reuter states the German steamer Grete Hemsoth struck a mine in the Baltic S[?]a, and 25 of her crew were drowned…

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Another Steamer Sunk. London

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 April 1915 · page 3

The steamer City of Bremen of Dublin, has been sunk by a German submarine in the English Channel near Land's End. Four of her crew were…

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Latest Telegrams. Smallpox Steamer Placed in Quearantine

Northern Star · Tuesday 6 April 1915 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—The steamer Morea. on which the case of smallopx occurred, was placed in quearantine on her arrival at Sydney yesterday…

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Building Bridges. Germans Prepare East and West. Does It Mean Retreat ? Another Steamer Torpedoed. Still Coming--That Zeppelin Raid Germans Bridge-building. Does It Mean Retreat on Both-fronts? London

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 6 April 1915 · page 3

A traveller from Lodz, P[?]land, states, that the Germans are working day and night building railways and bridges to facilitate their retreat from Lodz…

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Stbmarine War. Baigue and Steamer-sunk

Northern Star · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—The Russian barone Hermes was sunk by hombs near Saint [?] The same submarine torpedoed and sank the steamer Olivine near by…

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Two Submarine Victims. Russian Barque and British Steamer. London

Tweed Daily · Wednesday 7 April 1915 · page 5

The Russian barque Hermes has been sunk in the Channel. Bombs were thrown aboard from a submarine when the Hermes was near St. Catherine's…

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Swedish Steamer Seized

Northern Star · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 5

COPENHAGEN, Tuesday. — Germans seized the Swedish steamer England in the Baltic, laden with inaize from South America, and bound to Stockholm…

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Submarine War. Trawler and Steamer Torpedoed

Northern Star · Thursday 8 April 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Tuesday.—A Grimsby trawler was torpedoed in the North Sea after hall an hour's chase. The Cardiff steamer Northlands was torpedloed off Beachy…

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Steamer Wrecked

Northern Star · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 8

LONDON, Thursday.—The Avonti Savia, nitrate laden, from Iquique (Chili) to the Tyne, was wrecked at Culsweck, in the Shetlands. All hands were drowned…

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Grain Steamer Seized

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.—A Copenhagen message states that Germans seized the Swedish steamer England in the Baltic Sea laden with maize…

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Wreck of a Barque LONDON

Tweed Daily · Friday 9 April 1915 · page 3

The New South Wales owned barque Avanti Savola has been wrecked off the Shetland Islands, North Atlantic, white on a voyage from the Chilian port,…

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German Vessels Chased. Three British Warships Engaged. Germans Believed to Have Foundered

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 5

CHRISTIANIA, Sunday Evening.—The [?]ts of South Bergen Island declare three warships pursued the Germans along the coast, and the violent cannonade…

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Submarine Warfare. American Steamer Attacked

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—A German submarine attached the U.S. steamer President. A destroyer brought the crew to Plymouth…

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German Absurdity. Every British Steamer Sunk

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Sunday.—An official statement published in Berlin states that Italian returned from England declare that every British steamer has been sunk, and these…

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North Sea Battle. Three Britishers Engage Fourteen Cruisers. German Ships Believed to Have Foundered. Disorderly Demonstrations in Italy. Intervention in the War Favored. Increasing Uneasiness in United States. Strained Relations with Germany. Young Turks' Demand. Germany Must Open up Road for Munitions. In the Carpathians. Attack in Close Fomation. Repulsed with Enormous Losses

Northern Star · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.—A Petrograd communique states: The enemy on the 9th inst. and the following night attacked with s[?]d columns strongly supported by…

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