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Riverina · Shipwrecks & the sea

Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

221 stories in Riverina's papers · page 10 of 12

The Wrecked Airship. Caught in Searchlights

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 4 October 1916 · page 2

A later official report states that a man was killed and a woman injured. A great number of bombs were dropped over a wide area, but did…

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Woman in Zeppelin. What a French Officer Saw in Burning Wreckage

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 6 October 1916 · page 7

Among the interesting statements gathered at Revigny by the correspondent of the "Petil Purisien" regarding the end of the Zeppelin brought down in flames by the French…

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Steamer Twice Stopped. by Different Submarines. New York

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 12 October 1916 · page 2

The captain of the Greek steamer Patris reports that the ship was stopped at 6 o'clock on Monday morning, 200 miles out. A submarine fired three…

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Steamer Founders

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Monday 23 October 1916 · page 3

The steamer Tuneurry sprang a leak and foundered off Broken Bay yesterday. The crew took to the lifeboats and…

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Steamer Sunk. No Details Available

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 26 October 1916 · page 2

Lloyd's report that the steamer Midland has been sunk…

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Through Many Wrecks

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Thursday 26 October 1916 · page 3

Charlie Gunn, a well-known Liverpool seaman, has been through more big wrecks than any other man alive. He was on board the "Titanic" when…

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Greek Steamer Sunk. Athens

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 31 October 1916 · page 2

The Greek steamer Angeliki, with 400 passengers, mostly national volunteers going towards Salonika, was torpedoed near Phalerum. Fifty…

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Greek Steamer Sunk. Fifty Volunteers Drowned. Athens

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 October 1916 · page 2

The Greek steamer Angeliki, with 400 passengers, mostly National volunteers, was proceeding towards Salonika when she was torpedoed near Phalerum…

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Disappearance From Steamer. Chief Engineer's Fate. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 31 October 1916 · page 3

Jas. Sales, chief engineer of the steamer Victoria which arrived this morning, disappeared on Saturday morning on the trip front Auckland…

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Wreckage in North Sea

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 1 November 1916 · page 2

Copenhagen steamers report a large number of burning vessels. The North Sea is full of wreckage, and navigation is more difficult at night…

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Another Steamer Sunk

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 2 November 1916 · page 2

The bulk of the crew of the Marina were saved. Seventeen are missing. Two submarines attacked the Marina. The latest figures show that 19 were…

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Wrecks in the North Sea. I

Narandera Argus and Riverina Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1916 · page 5

The steamer Slizziz which arrived at corpenhagen from julland harbor, reports that the North Sea is full of burning…

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Among Prominent People, Papers and Politicians Shipwrecking Christianity

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 3 November 1916 · page 3

"When the numbers go up there should be no resident feeling no unchristian bitterness, nothing to keep opponents who have fought a clean flight…

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Captured Steamer Rescued. German Destroyers Put to Flight. London

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 4 November 1916 · page 4

The Admiralty announces that the Dutch steamer Oldambt was captured by the enemy on Wednesday near the Noordhinder Lightship. A prize crew…

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Steamer-captured But Re-taken. Great Chase in the Channel. British Destroyers Win. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 November 1916 · page 2

The Admiralty announces that the Dutch steamer Oldambt was captured by the enemy yesternight near Noordhinder. The lightship prize crew were…

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P. & O. Steamer Arabia Sunk

Coolamon Farmers' Review · Friday 10 November 1916 · page 2

The P. and O. steamer Arabia, bound from Sydney to London, was torpedoed in the Mediterranean. All the passengers were saved, but the…

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Ex-australian Steamer Sunk

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 November 1916 · page 2

Lloyd's report That the steamer Kapunda lately associated with the Australian coastal trade, has been sunk…

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Steamer Taken to Zeebrugge

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 15 November 1916 · page 2

The steamer Batavia has been captured and taken to Zeebrugge…

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Submarines in North Sea Dutch Steamer Taken to Zeebrugge. Amsterdam

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 November 1916 · page 2

A German submarine stopped and took to Zoebrugge a Dutch steamer. The Midland, Hague, and Konigin regentes left Zeebruggee, making…

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Heavy Weather in England. Several Shipwrecks. London

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 22 November 1916 · page 3

The nevers gales of Saturday and Sunday continued with rainstorms. There were several wrecks off Northum-berland and Berwickshire, with some…

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