In the North Sea. Trawlers Explodikg Mines. London
British trawlers are sweeping the main traffic routes in the North Sea, exploding many German mines. The seaways are rapidly becoming safe…
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Japanese Coal. Shipments for Austrlia. Tramp Steamers Bring Chartered. Sydney
According to reports receive in Sydney, a big firm of Japanese coal merchants is looking for tramp vessels that can be chartered for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Austrian Torpedo Boat. Sunk by Its Own Mines Rome
An Austrian torpedo boat was sunk by collision with a mine in Pola harbor in the Adriatic Sea. CAPETOWN, Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Canadian Gifts. Coal and Money. Ottawa
Ontario Province has given £100,000 to Great Britain to use as she thinks fit, while Nova Scotia is presenting 100,000 tons of coal to the Admiralty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Mines. Scattered Indiscriminately. Admiralty Issues Warning. No British Mines Laid. London
The Admiralty warns neutral nations that the Germans continue to scatter mines indiscriminately, which does not conform with the conditions of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Very Latest. German Mine Layers Again
It is officially announced that much liveliness prevailed in the North Sea last week, evidently due to renewed, activity by German mine layers just…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Match Steamers Sunk by Mines. St. Petersburg
Lloyd's agent reports that Match steamer Hontelvk and Alice 26, were sunk after striking mines at Dageport. It is said that a third boat eastern bound…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Belgian Gold. Transferred to England. Ostend
The last boat to England carried £1,200,000 from the Ostend bands…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dutch Vessels Lost German Mines in the Baltic. Copenhagen
Two Dutch steamers, while clearing a Swedish port in the Gulf of Finland. struck floating mines laid by the Germans and were blown up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floating Mine. Sinks German Steamer. Berlin
The steamer San Wilfrede struck a mine when leaving Hamburg, and was destroyed. Her crew was rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Echo of the Coal Strike
It was the first week of the coal strike, and the miners were discussing their various ways of economising during this time of limited means. After…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Mine Sowing. Warrants Retaliatory Action. London
The naval correspondent of the "Times," commenting upon the indiscriminate mine sowing by the Germans, says, "If this line of action…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Submarine Attack. Floating Mines Used
All the German cruisers engaged in the fight were disposed of German submarines attacked the battle cruiser squadron, and the Germans also used floating…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trawler Sunk by a Mine. Copenagen
The trawler Gerda, of Hamburg, was blown up by a mine in Langeland Sea. The crew were saved. Many mines have drifted near to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines in Kiao Chau Bay. Tokio
The Japanese navy is searching Kiao Chau Bay for German mines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Cruelty to Miners. Winding Machinery Destroyed. Salutary Effect on English Miners. London
Statements that the Germans at Charleroi destroyed the winding machinery, entombing many miners, have aroused horror in mining circles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Caught in the Act. German Mine Layer Sunk
The British fleet is maintaining its vigilance in the endeavor to prevent further laying of mines by German trawlers in the North Sea. A cruiser…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Trawler Sunk. While Laying Mines in the North Sea. London
A British cruiser caught a German trawler flying the Norwegian flag, laying mines in the North Sea. They gave the crew three minutes to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prince of Wales Fund. Australia Wheat Exports. Totals Two Millions. Miners' Levies. Dislocation of Steamer Traffic. London
The South Wales miners, representing 200,000 have decided to contribute a weekly levy of sixpence per man, and threepence for boys to the Prince Anxiety is felt by wheat importers lest the dislocation of steamer traffic will cause a shortage in jute bags, and interere with Australia shipments…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Latest. Thursday Evening. More Floating Mines
A Danish Trawler was sunk by a floating mine within forty-five miles of the mouth of the Tyne. RUSSIANS' BIG VICTORY…
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