Australian Destroyer Parramatta Makes a Capture. Melbourne Fort Opens Fire on a German Ship. Arbitration Awards. Seeking Sanction to Suspend Operations. Probable Postponement of Federal. Elections. German Cargo Boats in Australian Ports Seized. Opposition to Cook Withdrawn. Infantry Brigades Called Out to Protect Sydney and Newcastle. Germany Declares War on Belgium. Italy and America Neutral. German Express Steamer with Specie Returns to America. Disguised As a British Nessel. Which Is an Offence Under the Hague Convention. Great Enthusiasm in Canada. Sydney, Thursday, 9 a.m
The Cobar Herald · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 4
It is reported that the German steamer Seydlitz has been captured by the Parramatta, and is being escorted back to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australia Int'l It. Captures a German Steamer. the Pfalzreturns to Port. Australia Mobilising. Sydney, August 6
The Western Herald · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 4
It is reported that the German steamor Seydlitz was capturcd by the Parramatta end is being escorted back to Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Germany's Suggestion. "Is Far Too Narrow." Germany's Ultimation to Belgium. German & Russian Fleets Meet. One Russian Battleship Ashore. France Repulses Germany. (By Cable.) London, August 5
The Western Herald · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 4
Germany is prepared to abstain from attacking the North-East coast of France, or using the Belgium or Dutch coasts if Britian will remain…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War. German Steamer Sunk. Another Captured by Belgium. Japan Will Assist Great Britain. Sydney, Friday 10 a.m
The Cobar Herald · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 2
It is officially reported that the British destroyer Amphion sank the German steamer Ionise, which was engaged in laying mines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Romance of a £250 Purchase. Fortune in a Wrecked Steamer
The Cobar Herald · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 2
Three months ago a tramp steamer named the Jane Rowe piled herself up on Bolt Tail, between Plymouth and Dartmouth, so successfully as to defy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Romance of a £250 Purchase. Fortune in a Wrecked Steamer
The Western Herald · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 2
Three months ago a trump steamer named the Jane Rowe piled herself up on Bolt Tail, between Plymouth and Dartmouth, so successfully as to defy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Cruiser Lost. Run Ashore and Blown Up. London, Thursday night
The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 4
The German truiser Madgeburg (4478 tons) went a[?]ore during a fog in the Gulf of Finland. Finding it impossible to refloat her, the majority…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Norwegian Steamer Blown Up. Mines in the North Sea. London, Thursday night
The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 4
The Norwegian steamer [?], bound from Blyth, which came in contact with a mine in the North Sea, was blown up. Eight of the crew were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Berlin Newspaper Office Wrecked. London, Thursday night
The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 28 August 1914 · page 4
Militarists wrecked the offices of the "Vorwarts," a Socialist daily newspaper published in Berlin, for having published articles making the Kaiser…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Deadly Mines. Swedish Steamer Sink. London, Thursday night
The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 4 September 1914 · page 4
The Swedish steamer Saint Paul struck & mine in the North Sea and foundered, The crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Paris Prepared. Three Russian Generals Killed. German Steamer Caught. (By Cable.) London, September 4
The Western Herald · Saturday 5 September 1914 · page 4
Paris residents are alarmed at the German advance. Superior forces indicted heavy losses upon the Russians. Three Russian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dykes Opened at Antwerp. Germans Working Wide. British Cruiser Foundered. 35,000 Wounded Abandoned. German Cruelty to Prisoners. London, September 7
The Western Herald · Wednesday 9 September 1914 · page 2
The Germans advanced on Antwerp, but the Belgians opened the dykes. The Germans are extending a wide…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Prisoners. Another Steamer Sunk. Joining the Colors. Austrian Cruelty. London, September 5
The Western Herald · Wednesday 9 September 1914 · page 2
Nearly three thousand British prisoners have arrived at Deeberitz. The Austrian steamer Bebari was sank in the Bay of Biscay by a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Down, with 70 LIVES: London, Sunday night
The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 22 September 1914 · page 2
The steamer Beaver. which has arrived at Astoria, Oregon, reports that the steamer Francis H. Legett (1606 tons) foundered during a terrific gale…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Big Fight on the Aisne, Oise and Meuse. German Attacks Repulsed. Austria's Broken Armies. Training Ship Foundered. "We Want Peace." London, September 19
The Western Herald · Wednesday 23 September 1914 · page 2
The latest news from France is that a big battle is raging along the River Aisne. The Germans are making a strong…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another British Steamer. Sunk. London, Thursday night
The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 2 October 1914 · page 4
The British steamer Selby (2137 tons) struck a mine in the North sea and sank. The crew were all saved…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Marico. Sydney
The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 6 October 1914 · page 2
Advices [?]rom Sandy Cape last night stated that very heavy weather resulted in the steamer Marloo being broken up. The crew were landed safely,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germans in Desperate Position. Kluck Checked. the German Wounded. Before Cracow. Japanese Successes. Indian Troops Landed. Yet Another Steamer. London, October 3
The Western Herald · Wednesday 7 October 1914 · page 2
Ashmead Bartiett, writing from Paris, states that all indications point to the supposition that the Germans now realise they are in a desperate…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Counter Measures. the Germans Surrounded. Their Commissariat Fails. Steamer Sunk by a Mine. a Long War. Two German Vessels Sunk. (By Cable) London, October 5
The Western Herald · Wednesday 7 October 1914 · page 2
The Admiralty has announced that German mine laying methods, combined with submarine activities, necessitate the Admiralty adopting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shipwrecked Sailors
Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 23 October 1914 · page 5
News of a shipwreck in the Tongin Islands, and the terrible experience of part of the crew, has reached Sydney. The schooner S. T. Johnson, bound…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →