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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

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Steamer Collision. Both Vessels Badly Damaged

Northern Star · Thursday 23 March 1916 · page 2

SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Further particulars of the collision between the steamer Tambar and the tug. Champion show the latter received the full force of the impact. amidships on…

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Woman's Shoes. in Wrecked Zeppelin. London

Tweed Daily · Saturday 25 March 1916 · page 5

A Paris journal states that among the debris of the Zeppelin which fell at Revigny were a woman's shoes and portions of a body. It was believed…

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Passenger Steamer Torpedoed

Northern Star · Monday 27 March 1916 · page 3

LONDON, Saturday.—The steamer Sussex was torpedoed between Dieppe and Folkestone. She carried 250 passengers, mostly Frcnch. She is still afloat and vessels are…

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Submarine Strife. Norwegian Steamer Torpedoed

Northern Star · Monday 27 March 1916 · page 3

LONDON, Friday.—The Norwegian steamer Konig has been torpedoed in the Channel without warning. The crew was saved…

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Torpedoing Passenger Steamer

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1916 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—The steamer Sussex was torpedoed between Dieppe and Folkestone. She carried 250 passengers, mostly French. She…

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Another Steamer Sunk

Northern Star · Tuesday 28 March 1916 · page 2
Also in The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser

LONDON, Sunday.—The steamer Senayeridge has been sunk and the crew landed…

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Late War News. Gallant Frenchmen. the Allied Fleets at Work. Merchantman and Raider. Passenger Steamer Torpedoed. Deserted Gallipoli. Human Machine Gun

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Tuesday 28 March 1916 · page 5

LONDON, Saturday.—During the lighting at Verdun ywo French machine (guns, which were being used to defend a ravine, jammed. The…

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Liner Ashore

Northern Star · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday.—A big liner went ashore near Watson's Bay this afternoon while outward bound…

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Bold Stowawway. Attempts to Capture a Steamer

Northern Star · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 5

NEW YORK, Thursday.—Ernest Schuler, a German stowaway, attempted single-handed to capture the British steamer Mattophe, outward bound with war supplies. Schuler locked…

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Russian Submarine. Sinks Turkish Steamer. London

Tweed Daily · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 5

A Russian submarine sunk a Turkish steamer and several coal barges off Zuinguldak, in the Black Sea. Land batteries attacked the submarine…

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The Great Offensive. British Achievement of Real Importance. Allies' Policing Creates Stormy Scenes in Greece. Vast Spy Organisation Discovered at Corfu. Serious Position Developing Among Munition Strikers. German Stowaway Attempts to Capture a British Steamer. Austrians' Aerial Raid to Cut Off Italian Supplies. the Balkans. Central Powers in Serbia. Statement by the Premier

Northern Star · Saturday 1 April 1916 · page 5

LONDON, Thursday.—M. Pasitch, interviewed by a representative of the "Matin," said he knew the enemy forces in Serbia did not exceed three or four army corps. Turkey…

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New Zealand Liner Ashore

Northern Star · Monday 3 April 1916 · page 3

CAPETOWN, Saturday.—The Rangatira, one of the New Zealand Shipping Company's liners, went ashore on Robben Island, near Capetown (South Africa) in a heavy fog…

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Steamer Examined

Northern Star · Monday 3 April 1916 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Sunday.—The steamship Yarra, which ran ashore on Brun[?] Island (South Tasmania), was examined by a diver from Hobart and pronounced undamaged…

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Arrest of German Spy. Hired to Blow Up Steamer. Controls Captain and Crew with Revolvers. London

Tweed Daily · Monday 3 April 1916 · page 3

Ernest Schillar, a German, who landed from the steamer Matthope, confesses he was a spy for Germany. He acknowledged he was hired to blow up…

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Wrecked Zeppelin. London

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 3

A Danish fishing boat reports seeing the wreckage of a Zeppelin drifting half submerged in the North Sea. It is believed the same Zeppelin was…

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Later Details. 59 Persons Killed, 166 Injured. the Wrecked Zeppelin. London

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 4 April 1916 · page 3

For three successive nights the East Coast has been attracted by Zeppelins. With the exception of the raid on…

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The Late Air Raid. the Wrecked Zeppelin. How She Collapsed. the Valiant Anzac. London

Tweed Daily · Thursday 6 April 1916 · page 3

The crew of the Zeppelin L15, which was captured in the Thames estuary, have been interviewed by natural journalists. They declined to state from…

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Schooner's Slow Passage

Tweed Daily · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 3

The schooner J. Weatherwax, which was purchased by the N.S.W. Government form British Columbia, arrived to-day, after making one of the slowest…

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Schooner's Rough Passage

Northern Star · Friday 7 April 1916 · page 3

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The schooner, J. M. Weatherwax, which was purchased by the New South Wales Government in British Columbia, arrived after one of the worst…

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