American Bolsheviks. Attempt to Seize a Steamer. New York
A message from Norfolk (Virginia) says that the Russian crew of the steamer Omsk seized the ship and demanded that it should be managed by a…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918
249 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 13
Submarine Strife. Danish Steamer Torpedoed. the Crew Abandoned. (Reuter.)
COPENHAGEN, Saturday.—The Danish steamer Randelsborn was torpedoed outside the German danger zone. The captain was taken prisoner, the crew being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Collides with War-ship. 26 Missing, 20 Others Missing. LONDON
The steamer Rathmore, carrying-640 passenger, collided with a Naval vessel in the Irish Sea, 26 persons are missing. Destroyers took off the remainder…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Munitions Depot Wrecked. (Reuter.)
PARIS, Saturday.—There are thirty dead and many injured as the result of an explosion at a munitions depot at St. Ben is, which was built to replace the Seuxcourtonnes…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Concrete Steamer Launched. Sydney
A cable received to- day by an official of the British Imperial Oil Company, stated that a concrete steamer, of 7900 tons displacement, had been successfully…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Steamer's Rough Experience. Vancouver
Advices from San Francisco state that a steamer just arrived from Sydney, a month overdue, reports that it met a terrific hurricane off Suva and had to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The New Zealand Cyclone. Steamers Driven Ashore. Extensive Damage Done. Wellington (N.z.)
Several small vessels were driven ashore by last night's cyclone at Auckland. Huge seas are now breaking over the water front. The storm is abating,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand Fires. All Further Danger Past. Towns Wrecked
WELLINGTON, Thursday.—A message from Reathi reports that all further danger from bush fires is past. Sixty-two buildings in the town were completely destroyed…
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Advice has been received that an American steamer sank a U boat in French waters, capturing nine of the crew…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The Common wealth authorities have taken possessio[?] of the Dutch steamer Tasman in pursuanc[?] of Great Britain's arrangements for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boarding Steamer Sunk. London
The Admiralty reports that a submarine torpedoed and sank the armed boarding steamer Tithonus on the 28th. One officer and three men were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General War Cables. Armed Steamer Sunk. (Reuter.)
LONDON, Monday.—The Admiralty reports that a submarine torpedoed and sank the armed boarding steamer Tithomme on 28th March. An officer and three men were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dutch Steamer Seized at Brisbane. Brisbane
The authorities have taken possession of a Dutch steamer here, in pursuance of the Anglo-American demands on Holland…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Steamer Torpedoed. Thirty-ftwe Missing. (United Service, Ltd.)
LONDON, Wednesday.—The steamer Connargoo has been torpedoed. Thirty-five are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Boats Blown Up. Greek Steamer Also Goes Down. (Published in the "Time.")
LONDON, Wednesday.—The Conargoo, sailing for New York in ballast was sunk off the Irish coast early in the morning. The crew of 50 boarded three boats. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dutch Schooner Held Up. (Reuter.)
AMSTERDAM, Saturday.—Four German seaplanes held up and bombed and badly damsged a Dutch schooner en route to Ymuiden. They stole the log book. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams the Shipping Control Board. Newcastle Steamer Seized. Black Outlook for Waterside Workers. NEWCASTLE
The Federal Shipping Control Board has seized the steamer Wear. The outlook for wharf laborers and coal trimmers here is far from good, work has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Schooner Wrecked. Sydney
Eight seamen arrived at Sydney today from the wrecked American schooner James R. Bruce. The schooner set out, with timber for Sydney, from Eureka…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wreck of a Schooner. Arrival of the Crew
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The crew of the wrecked schooner James Bruce reached Sydney to-day. It appears the vessel struck a reef in the Pacific on the morning of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Submarine Strife. Spanish Steamer Sunk. (Reuter.)
MADRID, Wednesday.—The Spanish steamer Louisa proceeding to the United States was torpedoed, and three of the erew drowned…
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