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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914

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Bank-notes in Wrecks

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 3

Although the chances of being able to do so are considered doubtful, since she lies in seventeen fathoms of water, the…

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Destroyer sunk. Colision with Steamer. Copenhagen

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 26 November 1914 · page 3

The German torpedo destroyer 8.124 has been sunk as the result of a collision with the Danish steamer Angio Dane. The destroyer founded at once…

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American Steamer Fired on a Panama Report. Panama

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 November 1914 · page 2

It is reported here that the British cruiser Berwick fired on the American steamer St. Helens. T[?] Washington Department has not been informed…

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Divers Examine Wreck. Upper Deck Blown Away. Not the Enemy's Work

Daily Advertiser · Monday 30 November 1914 · page 3

Divers who have examined the sunken wreckage of the Bulwark, report that the upper deck has been Mown clean away. Of 28 bodies recovered…

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German Cargo Steamer on Fire. Syracuse

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 December 1914 · page 2

A fire, involving all the cargo, has broken out on the German steamer Albany, bound from Australia to Amsterdam…

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Mines in the Atlantic. Discovery by Steamer Captain. New York

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 2 December 1914 · page 2

The captain of the steamer Eponian, reports the discovery of a number of contact mines off Five Island, near New York. He says they were…

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Danish Steamer Sunk. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 December 1914 · page 2

Another Danish steamer was sunk by mines in the North Sea. The crew were saved…

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German Steamer Burned Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 3 December 1914 · page 3

The Sydney Marine Uuderwriters received a cable this morning that the steamer Albany and cargo was damaged by fire near Albany. It is…

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A British Prize. Norwegian Steamer with Contraband. Halifax (Nova Scotia)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 3 December 1914 · page 2

A British warship has convoyed the Norwegian steamer Sande[?]ord, bound from New York to Copenhagen, as a prize of war…

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Warship Identified. the U.S.S. Kansas Ashore. Philadelphia

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 3

The warship ashore at Maryland is disclosed to be the Kansas. She is slightly damaged. The report of another warship ashore at California is…

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Collision at the Heads. Government Steamer Damaged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 9 December 1914 · page 2

A sensational collision occurred at the Sydney Heads about nine o'clock to-night. As a result the Government steamer Brundan had to be…

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British Steamer Wrecked. Benzine Causes Explosion. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 10 December 1914 · page 3

The British steamer, Vedra went ashore at Barrow. Benzine reached the engine room and the vessel was blown up and 34 lives were lost…

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Swedish Steamer Mined. Stockholm

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 December 1914 · page 4

The Swedish steamer Narrasverige has been sunk by a mine off the coast of Finland. The crew of 20 perished. [?]…

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Oil Steamer Egplodes 34 L

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 10 December 1914 · page 3

The oil stean[?] ed at Barrow. the cargo. Two saved, and 34 los…

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Steamer Sunk in Harbor. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 2

The steamer Wollongbar, while berthing at a wharf at Darling Harbor yesterday afternoon, humped into the coal hulk Marion and her…

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The War. Allies Push Forward. Enemy in Retreat. Was it a Mistake? Dresden's Wreckage taken for Submarines. Canada's Great Patriotism. Sydney, Monday, 5 p.m

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 15 December 1914 · page 2

The British are reported to be advancing and imperilling the German positions near the Belgian Coast…

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Sparrow Wrecks a Taxi-cab

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 16 December 1914 · page 2

A sparrow at Highham, near Glon cester, has been responsible for a serious taxi-cab accident. In a ditch 7ft, deep were found a wrecked…

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Norwegian Steamer Mined Foundered in Three Minutes. Patrols Ordered to Shoot. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 4

The Norwegian steamer Vaaren was mined in the North Sea. Four of the survivors were landed at Grimsby, Thirteen were drowned, including the…

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German Steamer Sunk Russian Warships Action. Petrograd

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 5

It is officially stated that a Russian warship ordered the crew to leave the German steamer Definitic near Herasol, Only two Turkish officers and twelve…

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German Steamer Sunk. by Russian Warship. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 19 December 1914 · page 4

It is officially reported that a Russian warship ordered the company aboard the German steamer Deriutic, in the Black Sea, to leave the vessel…

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