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Riverina · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

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Heavy Weather on the Coast American Schooner's Experience. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 3

The American schooner George E. Billings, which arrived to-day from America, met heavy weather off the Australian coast, during which heavy…

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Steamer Held Up by Zeppelin. Amsterdam

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 3

The Dutch steamer Helena was overhauled in the North Sea by a Zeppelin airship, which trained her guns on the steamer and ordered her to leave to…

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Copper Steamer Hit. Periscope of Submarine Seen. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 2

The Campank, laden with copper, from linelva for Liverpool, took up a pilot and was gathering speed when she saw a periscope 200 yards away. No…

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Torpedo-boat Wreck. London

Daily Advertiser · Monday 22 February 1915 · page 2

The Admiralty announces that pieces of a torpedo-boat have been found at Belbridge…

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American Steamer Mined. Amsterdam

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2

A Berlin message states that the American steamer Evelyn, with cotton aboard for Bremen, struck a mine in the North Sea. The captain and…

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Saturday Afternoon. the German Raid on Neutral Shipping. French Steamer Torpedoed

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2

A submarine, without [?]ving any warning torpedoed the French steamer "Dmorah." which was proceeding from Havre to Dunkirk…

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Essex Attacked. by German Aeroplane. Cottage Wrecked. Sydney, Monday Night

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 23 February 1915 · page 2

A German aeroplane dropped bombs on Beamtree, Colchester and Ceggeshall, in Essex,…

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Packet Steamer's Escape. Missed by Submarine Torpedo. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 February 1915 · page 2

A' submarine attacked one of the fast passenger packets plying between Folkestone and Boulogne The submarine, apparently without…

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Mail Steamer Fired On

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 2
Also in Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser

It has now transpired that the mail steamer Maloja was not fired at by the enemy, but that a British crusier a blank shell, consequent on the…

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Steamer Harpalian Torpedoed. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 2

The steamer Harpalian, going to the United States,was torpedoed near Beachliy Head, three Chinese being killed and two others scalded…

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French Steamer Torpedoed. Norwegian Steamer Mined. Heavy Bombardment of Belgrade. Many People Killed

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 3

A German submarine, without giving any warning, torpedoed the French steamer Denorah, which was proceeding from…

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Another American Steam-er Mined. Amsterdam

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 2

Berlin reports that the American steamer Carib ran into a mine through not following the German sailing instructions…

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Mail Steamer Fired On. Entering the English Channel

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 1

While the mail steamer Maloja was entering the English Channel on Saturday morning, armed merchantmen signalled her to stop…

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The Latest. Another Small Steamer Blown Up. Cootamundra, Friday, 9.30

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 2

The British steamer Weston Court, 1,166 tons, was blown up and sunk off Beachy Head. The crew were saved. This makes 8 British, 3 Norwegian,…

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Another Steamer Torpedoed. Zeppelin and Aeroplanes Seen over North Sea. SYDNEY, Wednesday, 4 p.m

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 3

The Norwegian steamer Regin, bound from the river T[?]ne to Bordeaux, laden with coal, was torpedoed near Dover, and sank…

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Wreckage Picked Up. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 February 1915 · page 2

The Clan MacNaughton's crew includes 24"New Foundlanders, and 69 Mercantile marines. Wreckage supposed to belong to…

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German Trawlers Ashore. German Atrocities

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 2 March 1915 · page 1

A flotilla of German trawlers loaded with mines was washed ashore while bound for the west. The Germans accused the…

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Enemy Steamer Condemned. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 2

The Queensland Chief. Justice condemned the steamer Signal, which was seized in Moreton Bay on arrival from Ocean Island…

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The War the Allied Fleets. at the Dardanelles. Forts Wrecked. London

The Lockhart Review and Oaklands Advertiser · Wednesday 3 March 1915 · page 2

The Allied Fleets resumed itsoper ations against the Daredenelles. The forts at the entrance to the historic waterway were wrecked…

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