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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

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Steamers Foundered. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 2

The steamer Penarth foundered off the coast of Norfolk. Thirty-three of the crew were drowned. Another steamer, the George Royle, went down…

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Terrific Fighting in the East. Successes in the West. Dardanelles Bombarded. Aerial Raid on Essex. Australian Mail Steamer Fired At. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2

When the Australian mail steamer Muloja, with 400 passengers on board, was entering the English Channel on Saturday she was ordered to stop by…

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Wreckage Deiven Ashore. The Latest

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 April 1915 · page 2

Ruinors couiinue to pour in from Norway concerning the reported naval engagement in the North Sea. Masses of wreckage arc reported to Lave been…

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Steamer's Captain Fined. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 30 April 1915 · page 4

The captain of the steamship Meireaux has been fined £10 and costs for allowing his [?] to be brought within the [?] line…

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Another Danish Steamer Sunk. London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 7 May 1915 · page 4

The Danish steamer Cathay, from Copenhagen, was torpedoed or mined off Ramsgate. A great hole was torn in the vessel's hull, and she sank. All…

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American Steamer Again

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 4 June 1915 · page 5

The American steamer Dixaama was torpedoed and sunk off Ushant, after several shells had been fired. A Greek steamer picked up the crew…

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Mullumbimby (N.s.w.) a Perfect Wreck Through Kidney Disease

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 2 July 1915 · page 3

I was brought down by Kidney Discase so that I could not raise, myself from my bed, being-as weak as a baby. The pain in the back was positively…

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Mullumbimby (N.s.w.) a Perfect Wreck Through Kidney Disease

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 9 July 1915 · page 3

I was brought down by Kidney Disease so that I could not raise myself from my bed, being as weak as a baly. The pain in the back was positively…

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Mullumbimby (N.s.w.) a Perfect Wreck Through Kidney Disease

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1915 · page 4

I was brought down by Kidney Diswipe so that I could not raise myself from my bed, being as weak as a baby. The pain in the back was positively…

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Rescued at Sea. Plight of Schooner's Crew

Western Age · Saturday 31 July 1915 · page 3

Rescued from their waterlogged derelict after they had been four always without food and water. the captain and crew of six of the [?] Lizzie B. Willey, which sailed on…

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First Ashore

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 6 August 1915 · page 3

The Australian officers are endeavoring to ascertain the name of the first Australian who reached the shore of Gallipoli. The consensus of testimony…

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First Ashore

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 6 August 1915 · page 1

The Australian officers are endeavoring to ascertain the name of the first Australian who reached the shore of Gallipoli. The consensus of testimony…

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Steamer Sunk. London, Thursday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Friday 6 August 1915 · page 4

The British steamer Costello has been sunk…

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Another Steamer Sunk. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 17 August 1915 · page 2

The Norwegian steamer Albie was sub[?] The crew were landed safely…

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Another Steamer Sunk. Loudon, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 24 August 1915 · page 2

The steamer Diomed was submarined and sunk. Tim captain was killed on the bridge, and several of the crew were injured…

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British Steamer Sunk

Western Age · Saturday 28 August 1915 · page 2

The British steamer Palmgrove has been submarined. The crew were saved…

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German Submarine Wrecked. Sydney

Western Age · Saturday 28 August 1915 · page 2

A British aviator destroyed a German submarine by bombs dropped from an aeroplane. The submarine was completely wrecked and sunk off…

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Steamer Sunk. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 7 September 1915 · page 2

The British steamer Cymbaline has been sunk. Thirty-one members of the crew have been landed. Six were killed and six injured…

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British Steamer Sunk. London, Monday night

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Tuesday 14 September 1915 · page 2

The British steamer Mimosa has been sunk, but the crew have been saved…

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Human Wreckage. Huns' Brutal Treatment

The Wellington Times · Thursday 16 September 1915 · page 4

A member of the British Red Cross Society, by the courtesy of the Russian and Swedish authorities, has witnessed the exchange of Russian and…

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