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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1914

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Germans Off America Wireless Stations Shelled. German Steamer Captured. Ottawa

Daily Advertiser · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 3

It is reported that a German warship is shelling the wireless stations in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia. The Admiralty have informed the…

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Australian Fleet in Action. Captures German Steamer. German Ship Disguised As British. Further Fighting Reported. King George's Message to the Fleet. Sydney

Adelong and Tumut Express and Tumbarumba Post · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 2

Mr. Cook, the Prime Minister, has announced officially that war has broken out between Britain and Germany. LONDON, Wednesday…

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German Embassy in St. Petersburg Wrecked

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 2

Angered by reports of indignities to the Czar's mother on arrival at Berlin, the crowd wrecked and tried to fire the German Embassy in St…

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Canadian Coast Shelled. German Steamer Captured. Ottawa

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 5

Reports state that German warships are shelling the wireless stations at Glace Bay and Nova Scotia. The Admiralty has informed the…

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German Steamer's Escapade. Disguised As British Vessel. Sudden Return to New York. New York

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 4

The steamer Kronzprinzessen Cecilie has returned to Barharbun, in Maine, the captain fearing its capture…

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German Insults. to Departing Ambassador. Resented in St Petersburg. German Quarter Wrecked. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 8 August 1914 · page 5

When the staff of the Russian Embassy departed from Berlin, an enormous crowd followed the motor cars yelling abuse, throwing stones and…

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Sensational Arrest. Spies in Australia. Possessed of Defence Details. Arrested on Departing Steamer. Espionage Organisation in Sydney. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 August 1914 · page 3

There was a sensational development in Sydney to-day, when two Germans suspected of having been communicating details of Australian…

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Resentment in Russia. Bonfire of Embassy Wreckage. Discovery of a Russian's Body. St. Petersburg

Daily Advertiser · Monday 10 August 1914 · page 3

The treatment meted out to the Dowager-Empress, and the ignominous treatment of the Russian Embassy when leaving Berlin, have…

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Steamer Captured

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 2

The cruiser Essex has captured the German steamer Kronp[?] Withelm, 14,900 tons, and is taking her to Bermuda…

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Steamer Destroyed by Mine

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 4

The Norwegian merchant steamer Tysia. trading to Australia, wa destroyed by a floating mine…

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Australia's Force. P. AND O. Steamer As Transport. Victoria Barracks Besieged. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 3

The superintendent of the P. and O. Company has offered the steamer Bernima to the Admiralty as a transport to carry the expeditionary force from…

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German Embassy Wrecked St. Petersburg

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 11 August 1914 · page 3

An outrage was perpetrated, when the German Embassy was wrecked. A large quantity of firearms was discovered, and a seditious proclamation suggesting that…

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Hamburg Steamer Captured. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 12 August 1914 · page 2

Advice has been received that a British cruiser captured the Hamburg American steamer Saporteol, with a million pounds in specie, in Brazilian…

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German Steamer. Busy Disguising Herself. in the Australian Bight. Perth

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 13 August 1914 · page 3

A vessel just arrived at Fremantle reports encountering the German steamer Iserlohn in the Australian Bright. The Germans were busily…

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Romance of a £260 Purchase. Fortune in a Wrecked Steamer

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 6

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…

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Seizure of Vessels. Seizure of Vessels. Steamer Hobart Arrives. Captain Unaware of War. Queenscliff (Vic)

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 1

The German steamer Hobart, laden with cargo for Australian ports, arrived at half-past 3 o'clock this afternoon, and was at once compelled…

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Another Bombardment. Many Houses Wrecked. Inhabitants Killed and Wounded. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 3

It is officially stated that the Germans have bombarded Pontamousson With a heavy artillery, from a considerable distance. Shells fell in the…

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German Steamer Captured. New York

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 4

The reported capture of the German steamer Leda is confirmed by a steamer which has arrived in New York…

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Telegraphic. Shipping Mis[?] Steamer Collides W[?] Sydney [?]

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 1

The Aberdeen liner Pem[?]ing Pyrmont for London [?] collided with the wharf [?] the rudder. The whar[?]…

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Telegraphic. Shipping Mishap. Steamer Collides with Wharf Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 15 August 1914 · page 5

The Aberdeen [?]ine Demo the us leaving Pyrmont for London this morning collided with the wharf and damaged the rudder. The wharf piles w[?]…

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