Steamer Despatched
NEW YORK, Tuesday.—From Monte Video the Uruguay Government despatched a steamship the Institutoposea on Thursday to rescue the Shackleton expedition…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916
400 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 10 of 20
First Body Washed Ashore
LONDON, Thursday.—Lieut.-Col. V. A. G. Fitzgerald's body has been washed ashore at the Orkneys…
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One day last week Messrs. Paddon Bros.' now fishing boat went ashore at Evans Head, and became high and dry. Particulars to hand state that owing to the low…
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The Copenhagen steamer Vanda reports having passed the wreck of a gantic warship in the North Sea. The national could not be determined…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Naval Victory. the New Zealand's Glorious Fight. Details of the Disaster to the Hampshire. Body of One of Kitchener's Staff Washed Ashore. Election of American President. Victorious Operations of the Russians. the Naval Victory. Nothing Indecisive About the Fight. Germans Were Decisively Beaten. Unable to Do Anything for Months. All Her War Dreams Dissipated. Cannot Rehabilitate Her Mercantile Position
LONDON, Wednesday.—Mr. A. Balfour, First Lord of the Admiralty, made a striking speech summing up the results of the North Sea battle in responding to the toast…
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LONDON, Thursday.—It is officially announced that 12 survivors of the Hampshire have been washed ashore on a raft…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Thirteen hundred pounds in fines was imposed on steamship captains at the court to-day for having allowed prohibited immigrants to enter the…
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Recently Messrs. Paddon Bros.' new fishing boat went ashore at Evans Head, and bceame high and dry. Particulars to hand state that owing to the low tide and a nasty,…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The "Daily Mail" says that the steamer Dunrobin, of Newcastle, has passed through the Sound to England. The vessel had been at Lulea (Sweden) since…
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LONDON, Saturday.—A patrol vessel reported that the Hampshire was afire about 90 minutes after she left the Orkney's, and sank within 20 minutes. Seventy or 80 bodies…
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LONDON, Monday.—The Press Bureau states that a bomb was discovered in the bilge of a grain steamer which arrived recently in England from the United States. The…
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The Press Bureau reports that a bomb was discovered in the bilge of a grain steamer recently arrived in England from the United States. It…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—News was received yesterday of the loss of the steamer Reaneke off Port San Luis, 18 miles from 'Frisco. The vessel was struck by a heavy sea and…
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ROME, Tuesday.—The Pope, intending to safeguard the Holy See's diplomatists from war risks, has bought the steamer Nuneius, and the Italian Government permits the use of…
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A sea tragedy involving a great loss of life occurred off Port San Luis, about 18 miles south of 7 San Francisco, on May 10- last. The steamer Roanoke,…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—News has been received from Noumea of the wreck of the barque Mannaul. The captain and crow were saved…
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SAN FRANCISCO, Thursday.—The steamer Bear struck a reef on the California coast at midnight. The passengers took to the boats after some panic, but were unable…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The steam or Makombo passed a mast with a sail attached 10 miles north-east of South Head lighthouse yesterday…
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A submarine, believed to be British, northward of Fal[?]urg, torpedoed the German steamer Emis (699 tons), of Hamburg, bound from Christiana…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A wireless received in Sydney last night stated the island steamer Marsina was ashnre in Stephen Straits, Papua. The vessel is expected to be…
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