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Riverina · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

311 stories in Riverina's papers · page 16 of 16

Coastal Steamer Founders. Crew Reported Safe. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Friday 17 December 1915 · page 3

The coastal steamer Wandra foundered seven miles north of Point Perpendicular, near Jervis Bay, last night. The crew escaped in the ship's boat and are…

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Italian Steamer Sunk

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 December 1915 · page 2

The Italian steamer Porto Said (5301 tons) has been sunk…

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Coastal Steamer Beached. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 20 December 1915 · page 2

The small coasting steamer Darbee sprung a leak last night, and towed into port leaking badly. She was beached at Parsley Bay to save her…

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Steamer Sunk

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 24 December 1915 · page 2

A British submarine sunk the steamer Lacanos and other craft in the Sea of Marmora…

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Miscellaneous Items. Swedish Steamer Seized. Inquiry Demanded. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 24 December 1915 · page 2

Sweden has demanded an inquiry into the seizure of the Swedish steamer Ergo while in Swedish waters…

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British Steamer Burnt

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 December 1915 · page 2

The British steamer Unshoor was consumed by fire at New York dock. Incendiarism is suspected…

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Submarine War. French Steamer Torpedoed. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 December 1915 · page 2

The French steamer Ville de la Ciotat, while returning from the Near East, was torpedoed in the eastern Mediterranean without warning. The…

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Miscellaneous Items. Eighty Lives Lost. French Steamer Destroyed. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 December 1915 · page 2

The majority of the passengers and crew of the French steamer Villeclothe were picked up by an English steamer. Eighty lives were lost…

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Shops Wrecked at Lismore. Violent Scenes

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 29 December 1915 · page 4

Violent scenes look place in the principal streets at Lasmore late on Friday night, the result being that the windows of a number of business…

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Swedish Steamer Sunk

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 December 1915 · page 2

The Swedish steamer Nearus has been sunk…

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French Steamer's Survivors. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 30 December 1915 · page 2

The number of victims of the French steamer Ville de la Ciotat, which was torpedoed in the Eastern Mediterranean, has been reduced to 40…

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Earlier Cables Tuesday Afternoon Another Steamer Torpedoed

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 31 December 1915 · page 2

A submarine torpedoed and sand the French mail steamer Ville de la Clotat in the Mediterranean without warning. The majority of the passengers and…

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