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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

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Steamer Interned at San Juan. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 2

The Hamburg-Amerika steamer Odenwald has been interned at San Juan. It attempt to escape, but the forts fired several shells, and the Odenwald…

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Dutch Steamer Captured Protest Against Confiscation Amsterdam

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 2

The Dutch Government has inquired of Berlin why non-contraband goods aboard the Znanstroom and Batavia. have been confiscated, why the vessels…

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Taube in the North Sea. Relief Commission Steamer's Escape. Amsterdam

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 24 March 1915 · page 2

A Taube in the North Sea dropped three or four bombs, but they missed the steamer Elflante, laden with grain for the Belgium Relief Commission…

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Small-pox at Fremantle. Mail Steamer Quarantined Perth

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 25 March 1915 · page 2

The mail steamer Morea has been quarantined at Fremantic, owing to a supposed cease of -small-pox…

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American Steamer Sunk

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 2

Owing to engine trouble. Hie American steamer "Denbet" sank in the Atlantic Ocean. Seventy-noe of the crew were rescued…

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Dutch Steamer Escapes. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 2

A German steam trawler fired upon a Dutch steamer, but the latterescaped…

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American Steamer Sunk. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 2

The American steamer Denber was sunk in the Atlantic when returning from Bremenhaven, north of Bremen. Seventy-one of the crew were rescued…

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Mail Bags Lost. Disappearance From Steamer. Brisbane

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 3

The Brisbane police are investigating the disappearance of registered mails, which were due in Brisbane on Tuesday, The missing bags were…

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Taube Attaoks Steamer. Skilful Seamanship Avails. London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 2

A Taube aeroplane attacked the Mourner Toal in the North Sea and dropped four bombs, and fired twenty rounds from a machine and, fired…

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American Steamer Sunk. Movement on the Yser. Italy’s Neutrality

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 5

The American steamer Denver has been sunk in the Atlantic. of the crew were rescued. A furious north-easterly gale…

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American Steamer Sunk. Movement on the Yser. Italy’s Neutrality

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 26 March 1915 · page 4

The American steamer Denver, has been smile in the Atlantic. 71 of the crew were rescued. A furious north-easterly gale…

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Dutch Steamer Sunk. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 27 March 1915 · page 4

The German U28 sunk the Dutch, steamer Medea off Beachy Head. The crew was rescued. The U28 is the submarine which…

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Commonwealth Notes Stolen. During Transit by Steamer. Treasury Warns Public. Melbourne

Daily Advertiser · Monday 29 March 1915 · page 3

Included among the registered nails stolen from the Steamer Bombala at Brisbane, was a parcel of cancelled Commonwealth notes of a the face…

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Steamer's Desperate Struggle. to Evade German Submarine. London

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 March 1915 · page 2

The Vosges evaded the submarine for two hours, preventing the discharge of a torpedo. The submarine then used a gun and the Vosges suffered terribly…

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"I'll Get the Blighter." Running Over a Submarine. Steamer's Experience Off Naas Lightship. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 30 March 1915 · page 2

Captain Wyatt, of the Great Eastern steamer Brussels, states that when off Maas Lightship a large German submarine signalled him to stop…

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The War. News Day by Day. Trouble in Constantinople. British steamer Delmira Sunk. Turks in fear of Bulgarians. American Submarine Lost. Great Russian Capture: 100 Officers and 5600 Men. Saturday Afternoon

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 30 March 1915 · page 2

There is a bitter struggle in Constantinople between' the war and peace parties. The latter demand capitulation. The feud may…

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Dutch Steamer Mined. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 2

The Dutch steamer Abistel struck a mine and sank off Flamborough, in Yorkshire. The crew were saved…

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Submarine War. Dastardly Action by German Pirates. Torpedo Mail Boat. Fire on Helpless Passengers. Drink, Britain's Greatest Enemy. Roumania Bars Germany's Pathway. Passage for Army to Turkey Refused. Cowardly Submarine War. Germans Torpedo Steamer. and Laugh at Struggling Victims. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 31 March 1915 · page 2

It is definitely stated that the steramer Falaba was torpedoed at Milford Haven. The captain, two stewardesses, and five others were drowned. One…

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Steamer's Escape From Submarine. London

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 1 April 1915 · page 2

The steamer Dunedin was pursued by a submarine off the Irish coast, but managed to escape by travelling full speed ahead…

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Steamer Eludes Submarines

Cootamundra Herald · Friday 2 April 1915 · page 2

The captain of the seamer Dunedin, which has arrived in Dublin, says he cluded submarines after a six hours' chase…

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