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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914

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Schooner Wrecked. Loss of Life Unknown. SYDNEY

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 2

The Schooner Aleda has been wrecked at Kempsey. It is not known whether any lives are lost…

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Schooner Wrecked Off North Coast. Chew Believed to Have Perished. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 2

The schooner Aeda, of 79 tons, which left Sydney last Friday week for Nambucca River, was driven ashore three miles north of Point…

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Schooner Reported Lost. Wreck Off the North Coast. No Signs of Crew. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 2

The Navigation Department has received a telegram from Kempsey staling that the schooner Aleda has been driven ashore three miles north…

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Rauri Ashore at Westport. Wellington N.Z.

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 25 June 1914 · page 3

The steamer "Kauri" went ashore at the entrance to Westport last night Captain Ruxton and the crew landed this morning. Captain Ruxton stated…

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Mutinous Firemen Demand Officer's Arrest. Steamer Held Up. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 June 1914 · page 2

A remarkable situation was created on the steamer Kanowna at the Yarra wharf yesterday. A fireman arrived on board alleged to have been in an…

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Special Cable News. Another Wreck

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 30 June 1914 · page 2

The steamer California is ashore at Tory Island in a precarious position. She is expected to be floated off as soon as fine weather sets in; 1,000…

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Steamer Ashore. Passengers All Saved. Belfast

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 July 1914 · page 2

The steamer California, bound from York to Glasgow, went ashore at [?]ory Island, Ireland, during a fog. The passengers, numbering 1016, were…

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Gales on the Coast Vessels Blown Ashore. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 July 1914 · page 2

Two small vessels the "Korunnah," and "Phil Forbes," were blown ashore during the gale at Port Stephens this morning. A terrific sea was running…

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Is It a Hoax? Vessel Reported As Foundered. Captain and Mates Dead. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 9 July 1914 · page 2

A bottle which is believed to be a hoax was picked up at Bondi Beach containing a message to the effect that the Japanese vessel, Shima Maru, had…

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Shipwrecked Sailors. Marooned for Five Months. Expecting Relief Daily. Vera Cruz

Daily Advertiser · Monday 13 July 1914 · page 2

The "City of Sydney" has rescued the captain, eight of the crew and two babies of the wrecked steamer "Nobouris." The party had been marooned…

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Chinaman Stabbed. Row on a Steamer. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 July 1914 · page 2

During a disturbance among several members of the Chinese crew of the steamer Storathordale, lying at Long Nose Point, Balmain, one,…

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Trouble on a Steamer. Captain Attacked. LONDON

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 21 July 1914 · page 2

Hindus on the steamer Komaghea Maru refused to leave in the vessel until their passages back to India were paid. When the Captain tried…

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Two Brothers Missing. Supposed Murder by Blacks. Steamer to Search Islands. Perth

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 July 1914 · page 2

The Government have ordered the Steamer Penguin to the north-west to search the islands off Rogers Strait for the brothers M'Guire, who have…

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British Army Mobilising. Tuesday, 3.30 p.m. Britain Responds to Belgium's Supreme Appeal. German Aggresion. Russian Battleship Ashore. France Invades Germany

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 5 August 1914 · page 2

London British Army mobilisation officially ordered to-morrow Sir Ed. Grey announced in the House of Commons that King of Belgium made a…

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Shot Fired From Queenscliff. German Steamer's Flight. Melbourne

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 2

The Nord-Deutscher Lloyd steamer Pfaiz escaped from Port Phillip to-day. ON arrival at tge Heads the vessel was ordered by signals from the fort…

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Steamer on Fire. Beached at Twofold Bay. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 4

The big inter-State, cargo steamer Buninvong, beached at Twofold Bay this morning, owing to a fire having broken out on board…

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German Mail Steamer Captured. Australian Destroyers' Success. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 2

It was reported this afternoon that the German mail steamer Seydlitz, which left Sydney suddenly on Monday, had been captured by the…

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German Steamer Fired On. Port Phillip Signals Defied. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 2

The North German Lloyd steamer Pialz escaped from Port Phillip to-day. On her arrival at the Heads, the…

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New Zealand Forts Fully Manned. Coastal Steamer Under Fire. Wellington (N.z.)

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 2

The coastal steamer Wakatu, when entering Lyttleton Harbor this morning did not stop for Examination. A shot was fired over her bows from the…

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Zeppelin Airship Wrecked. Paris

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 6 August 1914 · page 2

It is rumored in Paris that a garrison brought down and destroyed a Zeppelin, one of the occupants being killed…

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