The Last Job Ashore
LONDON, Friday.—Mr. Ward Price, in finishing his story of the evacuation, said:— The last job ashore was the firing of the abandoned stores. Volunteers used, time fuses…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916
400 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 1 of 20
A Narrow Escape. Steamer Fired On. London
The Ellerman liner City ol Marseilles, which arrived at Bombay, reports that on December 8, a German submarine was encountered in the…
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LONDON, Monday.—The Liverpool steamer Stoswald lias been. sunk…
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ATHENS, Monday.—The Tangier, a Greek steamer from Salonika laden witlr, iron; bound Glasgowards, was seen near Tarina enveloped in flames. It is believed four hundred…
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NEW YORK, Monday—The explosion of the oil tank steamer Aztec in Brooklyn dock killed and injured a score. Eighteen others are; missing. It is believed to be a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Trenches Wrecked
PARIS, Tuesday.—A communique says: Our artillery inflicted heavv losses on the enemy groups working at Thelus, north of Arras. They also fired on the German troops…
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The Official Press states that a naval expedition to Lake Tanganyike on December 26th, attacked the armed German steamer Kingami and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Armed Steamer Captured. a Ten Minutes' Fight. Fall of All the Enemy Officers
LONDON. Wednesday.—A naval, commander who was on a trip to Lake Tanganyika (between the Congo Free State and German East Africa) says that he attacked…
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PARTS, Friday.—A communique says:—We wreckcd several trenches in the Champagne, and exploded ammunition depots…
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LONDON, Friday.—A Dutch official message states that the submarine was wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Collision at Sea. Schooner Sails Into Steamer. Both Vessels Seriously Damaged
MELBOURNE, Monday.—A collision occurred in Bass Straits at 10 o'clock on Friday night between the steamer City of Florence (5400 tons) and the American schooner…
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A Cairo message reports that a fire occurred at the shipping yards, and raged all night. The outbreak destroyed a steamer which was undergoing…
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PARIS, Monday.—The arrested consuls at Salonika have been interned aboard a cruiser at Toulon. It is reported that serious charges are pending…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The Minister for the Navy says the Emden is now a total wreck and it is impossible to salve the vessel or remove any of the gear on board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Goes Ashore London
The steamer Birka (seventeen hundred tons) has gone ashore on Bow Rock, near Westray, Orkney Islands…
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LONDON, Saturday.—Lloyd's report that the Spanish stemaer Bayo was mined and sunk off Chassirin, 25 persons being drowned…
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LONDON, Saturday.—A message from Rotterdam reports that the Dutch steamer Maashaven (2609) tons struck a mine in the North…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Harrowing Story of Clan Steamer's Fate an Immense Submarine. London
A harrowing story is told ol the steamer Clan Macfarland, which left Malta at the end of December. The vessel was torpedoed two days later,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Losses at Sea. Steamer Sunk in Mediterranean London
The British steamer Coquet has been sunk in the Mediterranean. The Coquet was a steel screw steamer of nearly four thousand four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Naval Steamer. Founders in Kiel Bay. London
An unknown German naval auxiliary steamer foundered off Aero Is land, to the north of Kiel Bay. Uniforms and caps of the crew of the…
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