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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

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Schooner's Rough Passage SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 2

The American schooner Columbia, which arrived in Sydney to day from Puget Sound, experienced heavy weather during portion of the voyage…

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Wreckage on Tasmanian Shore

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 6 January 1915 · page 3

A message from Hobart states definitely that the wreckage reported to have floated ashore in Tasmania not from the Endeavor…

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Schooner Kavan Safe. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Friday 8 January 1915 · page 2

The schooner Kavan reached Newcastle safely this morning…

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Steamer Mined at Scarborough. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 9 January 1915 · page 4

A steamer was mined at Scarborough but the crew were saved…

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Turkish Cruiser Damaged. Shelled by Russian Boat. Transport Steamer Sunk. Rome

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 January 1915 · page 2

A Russian cruiser, aided by a destroyer, engaged and shelled the Turkish cruiser Medjidie[?], near Trebizond. The vessel was damaged, but…

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P.and O. Steamer Wrecked the Passengers Rescued. Tokio

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1915 · page 2

The P. and O. steamer Nile has been wrecked off the Japanese coast. The passenger were rescued by an other steamer…

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Foundered Steamer. SYDNEY

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 2

The steamer Genarth, 3035 tons, foundered off the coast of Norfolk. Twenty-two of the crew were drowned…

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Raft Washed Ashore. Not From the Endeavor. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 2

It has been definitely ascertained that the raft which was washed ashore at the Bluff, New Zealand, is not from the missing trawler Endeavor…

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Shipwrecked on a Cannibal Island

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 20 January 1915 · page 2

A cake of soap Is said to have saved the lives of live men and a boy of the coast of New Guinea. The story, as told in the smoking—room…

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Orient Liner Ashore. LONDON

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 2

The Orient Steamship Company's liner Ophir, is ashore on the banks of the Suez Canal…

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Dutch Steamer Mined. Amsterdam

Daily Advertiser · Friday 22 January 1915 · page 2

The Dutch steamer Warslep was blown up by a mine in the Scheldt and five persons were killed…

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British Steamer Torpedoed London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 25 January 1915 · page 2

A German submarine torpedoed the British steamer Durward off the Hook of Holland…

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British Steamer Torpedoed

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 26 January 1915 · page 1

The British steamer Durward was torpedoed and sank…

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Adrift at Sea. Recalling Some Terrible Experiences of Shipwrecked Mariners

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 7

It is difficult to imagine the sufferings of the boat's crew of the Columbian, who drifted about the Atlantic for fourteen days before…

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British Merchantman Wrecked. a Gale or a Mine! London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 January 1915 · page 2

The Press Bureau says the British armed merchantman Vikorna has been lost either in a gale or by striking a mine north of Ireland. All on board…

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Russians Wreck Zeppelin. Crew Captured. Petrograd, Wednesda

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1915 · page 2

The Russians wrecked a Zeppelin at Librau on the Baltic coast, and captured the crew…

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Zeppelin Wrecked

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 30 January 1915 · page 4

The Russians have wrecked a Zeppelin at Liban, on the Baltic, and captured the crew. The navy staff at Petrograd…

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Schooner Ashore. Crew Landed Safely. Sydney

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 2

The schooner "Tramp" went ashore on the harbor side of North Head last night while leaving for the Maiming River. The crew got…

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New Zealand Steamer Blown up

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 2

The steamer Tocomaru, from New Zealand, with gifts for distressed Belgians, has been blown up in the British Channel, and sank…

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The U21's Victims. Mail Steamer's Escape. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1915 · page 2

The U21 in credited with the sinking of the Pathfinder and Malachite, off Ravre on November 23. The submarine was flying the White Ensign when it…

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