Steamer Sunk
LONDON, Wednesday.—The British steamer Marere has been sunk, the crew being saved…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916
400 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 2 of 20
British Steamer Sunk
LONDON, Thursday.—The British merchant steamer Marer, well-known in Sydney has been sunk in a locality not stated. The crew were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Encounter with a Submarine. Egyptian Steamer's Adventure
It is an open secret (says the Egyptian correspondent of the Allahabad "Pioneer Mail") that German and Austrian submarines have for some time now been…
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Officers of the steamer Marsina, which arrived in Sydney on Wednesday from Rabaul were able to supply further details of the earthquake which…
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MALTA, Sunday.—The Trematon has been sunk. The crew were rescued…
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LONDON, Monday.—The British steamer Trematon, 4088 tons, has been sunk, but the crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Turkish Coast Attacked. Vessels, Barracks and Stores Wrecked
PETROGRAD, Monday.—Russian torpedoers made a further raid on the Anatolian [?] and sank 33 sailing vessels and destroy[?] seven others ashore, also three wharves…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Munition Plant Wrecked. American Factory Explosion
VANCOUVER, Monday.—An explosion occurred at Buffalo as a result of which 15 persons were killed and 20 injured. The explosion wrecked the plant of the Kelker,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →India's Active Help. Efforts on Behalf of Allies Steadily Proceeding. German Warships Use Suffocating Gas Fumes. Allies' Defences at Salonika Considered Impregnable. Dominion Liner Norseman Sunk. German Destroyers. Use Suffocating Gas Fumes. Endeavor to Force Steamer Out of Territorial Waters
COPENHAGEN, Tuesday.—Two German destroyers, by means of suffocating gas fumes, enveloped the steamer Lambert and tried to force her out of territorial waters off…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Liner's Fate. Passenger Steamer Believed Lost
LONDON, Friday.—The West African liner Appam, which had on board 160 passengers, is believed to have been lost. A battered lifeboat was picked up off Madeira…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The steamer Walkure, which was sunk at Papeete by German cruisers early in the war, has been relloated…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Missing Steamer. Loss of All on Board Feared. Mystery of the Waratah Recalled
LONDON, Saturday.—Fears are entertained for the safety of the steamer Appam, homeward bound. Eighty per cent, has been paid to reinsure. The vessel is six days…
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LONDON, Monday.—The Clan Macintosh and several other steamers off the West[?] African coast are overdue. They have been, reinsured. It is feared they were lost in the…
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LONDON, Monday.—The s.s. Bulu, whiles being towed for refuge into the harbor at Holdhead suddenly heeled over to starboard and sank in five fathoms. All the crew of 29…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Missing Steamer. Queensland Medico Aboard
LONDON, Monday.—The owners have abandoned all hope of the s.s. Appam. Dr. St. George Queely, Queensland, formerly medical officer of Maytown, Queensland, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Foundering of a Steamer. Marine Court Inquiry
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Marine Court, after hearing evidence into the foundering of the steamer Wandra, was unable on the evidence to assign any definite cause for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Provisions for Great Britain. Danish Steamer Captured
COPENHAGEN, Sunday.—A German submarine captured the Danish steamer Vidar carrying provisions to Great Britain, and convoyed her to Swinemunde…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Strikes a Rock
WELLINGTON, Wednesday.—The steamer Squall struck an uncharted rock near Cape Island, New Zealand, and sank. All hands were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Steamer Sunk
LONDON, Thursday.—The British steamer Clan Mactavish, reported to be seriously overdue from Australia, to London, has been sunk by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Zeppelin Visits Brewery Set on Fire. Mission Room Wrecked
LONDON, Wednesday.—Zeppelins hovered over a Derbyshire town on Monday from 8 o'clock until midnight, occasionally dropping bombs. There were some casualties…
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