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Northern Rivers · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917

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Danish Steamer Goes Down

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 January 1917 · page 3

LONDON, Monday.--The Danish steamer Danmarch has been sunk…

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Crew of Danish Steamer. Harrowing Details

Northern Star · Tuesday 2 January 1917 · page 3

COPENHAGEN, Monday.--Survivors of the crew of the Danish steamer Hroptatyr, torpedoed by the U18 off Ushant on 22nd December, give harrowing details. In a heavy…

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A Liner Wrecked. Fourteen Drowned. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 2 January 1917 · page 3

The Liverpool liner Alondva struck the rocks off the Baltimore coast, with the result that 14 were drowned. The experienced terrible sufferings,…

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Schooner Missing. Sydney

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 3

The timber schooner Swordship which left Townsville for Maryborough is reported as missing…

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Wreck of a Liner. London

Tweed Daily · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 2

The Leyland Co.'s steamer Nestorian, of 4075 tons, has gone ashore in a thick fog, and is a total wreck. All the crew were saved…

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Steamers Wrecked. Dense Fog

Northern Star · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday. -- The British steamers Nestorian and Lennox were stranded and wrecked in week-end fogs. The crews were saved. The captain and crew of the Lennox…

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Why Australia is Not Wrecked

The Richmond River Express and Casino Kyogle Advertiser · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 6

Mr. Phillip L. Harris, a Sydney journalist, who is at present on active service in France, has written an interesting letter to Mr. J. P…

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Story of Shipwreck. Early Days of New Guinea

Northern Star · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 8

The death of Mr. Thos. Ingham ("Uncle Tom"), one of the oldest chemists in Central Queensland and for many years leading pharmacist at Rockhampton, has released the…

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A Sunken Steamer. Order for Removal

Northern Star · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 4

SYDNEY, Friday. -- An order was made at the Police Court, to-day on the application of the Navigation Department for the removal of the steamer Belmore which sank…

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Order to Remove Wreck

The Kyogle Examiner · Saturday 6 January 1917 · page 3

SYDNEY, Friday.--An order was made by the Court on the application of the Navigation Department for the removal of the steamer…

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Schooner Wrecked

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 3

PERTH, Monday.--The schooner Niagara: was wrecked near Broome during a hurricane…

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Steamer on a Reef. Union Company's Loss. No Hope of Refloating

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 2

AUCKLAND, N.Z., Monday.--Details of the loss of the Union Coy's. steamer M[?]tal have been received at Auckland to-day. The vessel was bound-from 'Frisco and it appears…

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The Old "Miowera" Wrecked. Drifts on to a Reef. Auckland, N.Z.

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 2

Details of the loos of the Union Company's steamer "Maitai.'' at Raratonga. in the Cook Islands, were received to-day. It appeals that the vessel, was…

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Aeroplanes Wreck Bridge. London

Tweed Daily · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 3

The Admiralty reports that naval aeroplanes, attacked and wrecked one span of the Kuleliburgas railway bridge, over the Martza River…

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Greece. Situation Still Very Unsatisfactory. Waiting Orders to Attack the Allies. Russo-rumanians Being Beaten Back Colossal Plans Developing Against Bess- Arabia. Important Conference at Rome. Withdrawal of Allies From Salonika. Submarine Strife. French Mail Steamer Shelled

Northern Star · Tuesday 9 January 1917 · page 3

LONDON, Sunday.--Reuter s Madrid correspondent states that the French mail steamer Ville de Havre wirelessed Spanish stations that she was being shelled by a…

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Steamer Sunk

Northern Star · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 3

LONDON, Wednesday. -- The Danish steamer Danevang has been sunk…

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Another Zeppelin Wrecked. Charred Bodies Found. LONDON

Tweed Daily · Thursday 11 January 1917 · page 3

Two charred bodies, in German uniforms, were washed ashore during the gale on the North East' Coast. They are apparently members of the crew of a…

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American Cruiser Wrecked

Northern Star · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2

VANCOUVER, Sunday. -- The United States cruiser Milwaukee was wrecked in a tidal current off Eureka, California…

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Austrian Steamer Submarined

Northern Star · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 5

LONDON, Monday. -- The Austrian steamer Zagreb was submarined off Central Dalmatia, 26 persons' being lost…

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The Schooner Swordfish

Northern Star · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 3

SYDNEY, Wednesday. -- The schooner Swordfish, reported missing on the Queensland coast, has turned up safely…

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