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Riverina · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

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Steamer on Reef. Australian Hospital Ship Rescues 29 Passengers, London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 11 October 1915 · page 3

While conveying 500 wounded Australians from Alexandria to England, the Australian hospital ship Karoola (7391 tons) received a wireless…

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Submarine War. German Steamer Sunk. by British Submarine 19. COPENHAGEN

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 October 1915 · page 2

The crew of the German steamer Lalla landed at Falster and reported that the British submarine 19 torpedoed the vessel off Gjedser Lighthouse,…

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Italian Embassy Wrecked

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 12 October 1915 · page 2

Reuters' report states that the Italian Embassy at Constantinople has been wrecked…

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Italian Embassy Wrecked. Riot at Constantinople. Rome

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 12 October 1915 · page 2

Rioters at Constantinople wrecked the Italian Embassy. The police did not interfere. The American Ambassador protested…

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Mysterious Steamer. Captured by Dutch

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 October 1915 · page 2

San Francisco newspapers publish particulars received from the Dutch East Indies regarding the mysterious steamer Maverick, which was…

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Attacked by Submarine. Steamer at Melbourne. Exciting Experience. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 14 October 1915 · page 2

While the British steamer Turnwell, which arrived in Melbourne to-day from New York, was off the south coast of Ireland in June last, a…

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Miscellaneous Items. Survivors of Torpedoed Steamer. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 19 October 1915 · page 2

The survivers of the torpedoed steamer Havre landed at Marseilles. Fifty aboard were killed and 30 injured by the explosion…

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Schooner Detained

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 20 October 1915 · page 2

The schooner Academy has been detained at Bogota, the capital of Colombia, under suspicions [?]cumstances…

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WRECKED. (Copyright.)

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 21 October 1915 · page 2

" Confound It, Bello, when a man comes home tired and discouraged, he can't stand this eternal worry about bills."…

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Miscellaneous Items. German Mine-layer Wrecked. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 21 October 1915 · page 2

Wreckage from a German minelayer was washed ashore on the coast of Denmark…

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Swedish Steamer Destroyed

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 26 October 1915 · page 2

The Swediph steamer Ruminia was seized by the Germans in the Bahic and was pro[?]ting under German command to Laban when brown up by a…

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Steamer Sunk. by German Submarine. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 27 October 1915 · page 2

A German submarine torpedoed an Italian steamer without warning in the Aegean Sea. German and Italian complications are expected…

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British Cruiser Ashore

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 2 November 1915 · page 2

The cruiser "Argyll" is aground on the coast of Scotland, and it is feared that she will become a total week. All aboard were rescued…

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Fell From Ferry Steamer Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 2 November 1915 · page 4

An unknown man fell from the ferry steamer Vaucluse in the harbor to-day and immediately sank. He did not rise again…

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Steamer Sunk

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 November 1915 · page 2

The steamer Forward has been sunk. The crew were saved…

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Cruiser Ashore. the Crew Saved

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 4 November 1915 · page 2

The cruiser Argyll, which was wrecked on the Scottish [?]oast on Thursday last went ashore in terrible weather in a pitch dark night, and the…

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Submarine War. German Steamer Lost. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 5 November 1915 · page 2

The German steamer [?] has been lost in the Baltic. The wreckage indicated that the vessel had been blown up by a submarine…

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An Attempt to Destroy a Steamer

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 9 November 1915 · page 2

The British steamer Roi Lagos returned to Halifax, an incendiary bomb being discovered. The crew were enabled to cope with the…

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The Very Latest. Armed Steamer Sunk. Tuesday Afternoon

Cootamundra Herald · Tuesday 9 November 1915 · page 2

The Official Press Bureau reports that two enemy submarines on Friday sunk the armed British steamer Para in the Eastern Meditterranean…

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British Armed Steamer Sunk

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 10 November 1915 · page 2

Two enemy submarines in the Eastern Mediterranean sank the British armed steamer Tarn. Thirty-four of the crew are missing…

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