General War News. Dutch Steamer Torpedoed. Germans Annoyed. London
The Dutch oil tank steamer Artemis has been torpedoed off the North hinder lightship in the North Sea. The submarine came up and ordered…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916
400 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 20
Air Apaches ! The Raid on Great Britain. Ghastly Murders. Women aud Children Mutilated—Buildings Completely Wrecked. the Sea Mystery German Naval Cunning. Air Pirates. the Zeppelin Raids. on Midland Counties. Many Civilians Killed. London
A correspondent of the Central News Agency describes the Zeppelin raid on an east coast town. The airship was seen hovering over the town at a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Submarine Strife. Steamer Conveying Serbian Refugees Captured
AMSTERDAM, Friday.—An Austrian submarine captured near Sangiovani the steamer Konigalbert, which Italy was using to convey 300 Serbian refugees. The Konigalbert…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Japanese Liner Sinks. Collision with a Steamer Heavy Loss of Life
HONGKONG, Friday.—The Japanese liner Dailerau sank as the result of a collision with the steamer Linan near Swatow. Only 21 out of 181 of the Japanese liner's passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dutch Steamer Torpedoed. the Bullying Germans. Torpedo Fired Before Boats Lowered
ROTTERDAM, Friday.—The Dutch oil steamer Artemis, from Rotterdam to London in ballast, was torpedoed on Wednesday under exceptional circumstances. Four torpedoers…
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LONDON, Monday.—The newspaper "Kobenhavn" states that a German torpedo boat attempted to search the American steamer Morene…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Steamer Sunk. London
The British steamer Balgownie, one thousand tons, has been sunk The second officer was lost…
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LONDON, Monday.—A fire broke out on the naval boarding steamer Peel Castle in the Straits of Dover. Tugs from Dover and other craft assisted in fighting the flames, and…
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A fire broke out this morning on the steamer . Peel Castle, fourteen hundred and seventy four tons, in the Straits. Tugs assisted in fighting the fire,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Infernal Machine. Discovered on a Steamer. London
The Paris correspondent of "The Times" states that a metal tube, supposed to be an infernal machine, was found on the steel screw steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fortunes From the War. Profit Of £50,000 On One Steamer!
Many years will elapse ere some trades and businesses recover, if they ever do recover, from the effects of this devastating war. In other trades…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Wrecked Zeppelin. German Press Horrified. Trawler's Crew Denounced. London
The German Press pretends to be horrified at the refusal of the crew of the trawler King, Stephen to rescue the crew of the Zeppelin "L19."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stowaway Disappears. Mystery on a Mail Steamer
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The Sydney stowaway who was recently found on board the mail steamer Ventura, and was subsequently transferred to the sister liner Sonoma,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →German Warship. Reported to Be Sunk Wreckage [?] LONDON
A message from Copenhagen state that the Danish newspaper "Helsing for Avis" says that there are persistent, well-founded reports that a large…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ship Ashore. on the Victorian Coast
MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The barquentine Senorita went ashore at Point Lonsdale, on the Victorian coast, early this morning. The vessel is lying on a rocky bottom half a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Zeppelins Wrecked. Germans Concealing Their Fate
AMSTERDAM, Wednesday.—According to the "Echo Belgi" rumors are current of a Zeppelin being wrecked by French airmen near Hainault, also on the night of January…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Vessel Runs Ashore. Crew Not in Danger. Melbourne
Early yesterday morning the barquentimed, Senorita, a three-masted steel vessel of 324 tons, went asnore on the Queenscliff side of Point…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Keep Outside the Struggle. Statement by Premier of Greece. America Demands Apology From Austria. for Submarine Attack on Steamer. Success of The.russians in Persia. Roumania Decides to Sell Cereals to the Central Powers New Zealand's Patriotism. an Audience with the King and Queen
LONDON, Thursday.—The King and Queen gave an audience to Lieut. Clutha Mackenzie, who was accompanied by his father (Sir Thomas Mackenzie, High Commissioner for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Steamer Torpedoed
LONDON, Monday.—The British Steamer Springwell 5598 tons bound for India, was torpedoed without warning in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Returns to Port
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Adelaide Company's steamer Paringa, which sailed on, Saturday afternoon for Cairns, returned to port owing to an accident to her pumping…
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