Wrecking Windows. Culcairn in Much Excitement
SYDNEY, Thursday.—At midnight on Monday the windows of a hairdressing saloon at Culcairn, occupied by Hans Vahu, were completely wrecked. The incident is causing much…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916
400 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 5 of 20
British Steamer Sunk
LONDON, Thursday.—The first fruits of the German submarine warfare is the sinking of the British steamer Thornby. The crew were killed or drowned except three…
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NEW YORK, Thursday.—The Italian steamer Giuseppe Verdi has sailed for Europe carrying two three-inch guns for defence purposes…
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ATHENS, Saturday.—An Austrian submarine torpedoed the Italian steamer Java, the crew being landed at Piraeus…
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ROME, Saturday.—An Austrian submarine sank the Swedish steamer Torborg. The submarine towed the members of the crew in boats to the Spanish coast, where a steamer…
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LONDON, Monday.—The Glasgow steamer Masuuda has been sunk. All hands were saved…
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RIO JANEIRO, Tuesday.—The disaster to the Principe do Asturias is attributed to a thick fog. The captain committed suicide when he realised what had occurred…
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BUENOS AYRES, Monday.—The Spanish steamer Principe Deasturins, from Barcelona to Buenos Ayres, struck a rock near Santos, and sunk in five miuutes. 338 passengers and…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The disaster to the Spanish liner Principe de Asturias is attributed to the dense fog. The captain of the steamer…
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FREMANTLE, Thursday.—An outward bound steamer went aground on the sand bank when leaving Fremantle last night. The vessel was refloated this morning, and is…
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Mr. A. McFarlane, of Broadwater, reminisces aver the bones of an ancient river steamer:—"The old river steamer, Platypus…
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The following Austrian communique has been received through a neutral channel The Italians, all day and night, are…
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A Paris official message states ok Wednesday our aviators were particularly active, and numerous combats occurred…
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ROME, Sunday.—A commuique reports:— We heavily bombarded the whole, of the Isonzo front and wrecked the enemy's defensive works, dispersing their reinforcements…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The Sydney steamer Bluebell was totally destroyed by fire while lying alongside the wharf at Newcastle. The cause of the fire was a mystery…
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VANCOUVER, Monday.—At St. John's, New Brunswick, fire and explosions destroyed and sunk the steamer Matatua in the docks, where she was loading cargo for New…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A wireless message announces the safe arrival at Rabaul of the steamer Pukaki, which recently broke down in the Caroline Islands…
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COPENHAGEN, Sunday.—Eight of the crew of the Russian steamer Novo-Jasalboda have been landed. The captain, his wife and children, and ten of the crew were killed…
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COPENHAGEN, Monday.—A British submarine capturert the Norwegian steamer Konginge, bound for Lubeek. A prize crew is taking her to Leith…
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The Netherland Company has stopped all shipping traffic until Germany clearly defines her policy. The Danish steamer Skodsborge has…
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