Wreck on the Coast. No Signs of the Crew
WELLINGTON, Monday.—Parts of a wrecked vessel have been found, a hundred miles north of Gisborne, New Zealand, apparently of a three-masied wooden schooner. The…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918
249 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 3 of 13
Shipping. Wreck of a Schooner
SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Reports are to hand showing that the schooiner Oretc is a total wreek at Iron Island. The vessel was loaded with 65.000 superficial feet of sawn timber,…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—William Halley, captain of the British steamer Emerald Wings, was fined £50, in default four months, for a breach of the war regulations, having failed…
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A message from Copenhagen says that a British auxiliary cruiser captured the German steamer Dusseldorf, voyaging Tromsoe to Stettin…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Submarine Outrage. Spanish Steamer Sunk. LONDON
A Madrid message says that the trans Atlantic steamer Claudio Lopez just arrived from New York, witnessed, on Saturday the torpedoing of the Spanish…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Steamer Wrecked. Great Loss of Life. New York
A message from St. Johns, Newfoundland, says the British steamship Florisel is ashore; it is believed that 157 have perished…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wrecked in a Blizzard. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Sunday.—The steamer Florizel, bound from Halifax to New York, has been wrecked in a blizzard. There were 145 lives lost…
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An invention, which, it is claimed, will locate the position of vessels wrecked and sunk in any depth of water, is now being constructed at Messrs. Humble and Son's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Wrecked. (Reuter.)
VANCOUVER, Monday.—Heroic rescues saved 35 lives from the steamer Florizel, which was wrecked on the Newfoundland coast. The vessel left St. Johns for…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—Reuter's Copenhagen correspondent says the Spanish steamer Igotzmendi was captured by the German raider Wolf and stranded at the East Skaw…
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A message from St. Johns, Newfoundland, says the total number rescued from the wrecked Fionzel was 44: the survivors escaped because they had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Naval Steamer Founders. (Reuter.)
WASHINGTON, Wednesday.—Thirty sailors were drowned when the naval steamer Cherokee foundered off the Atlantic coast on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cruise of the Wolf. Japanese Steamer's Plucky Fight. (Published in the "Times.")
COPENHAGEN, Friday.—Further details from Igotz Mendi prisoners show that after the Wairuna was captured the Wolf cruised for weeks, hunting between Kermandec…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A schooner put into port recently in distress. The vessel received a severe buffeting for a couple of days and damage to such an extent that the master…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →America. Another U Boat Gone. Sunk by American Steamer. New York
A Washington report says the armed American steamer "Nyanza" had a two hours running fight with a U boat, the vessels fighting at a distance of only…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The Cork steamer Kenmar has been torpedoed, six of the crew being rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer and Super Submarine. a Dingdong Battle. U Boat Retires. LONDON
The King has decorated a Leith shipmaster in recognition of his courage, displayed in an encounter with a submarine cruiser. The latter launched…
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The following appears in the "London Gazette":—The King has been pleased to ward the Albert Medal to Flight Lieutenant Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Overdue
SYDNEY, Tuesdays.—Considerable anxiety is felt for the safety of the steamer Dolphin, which left Southern Queensland a week ago for Sydney…
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SYDNEY, Thursday—The overdue steamer Dolphin arrived at the Nambucca River yesterday…
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