Steamer on Sand Bank. Sydney
An outward bound steamer went aground on a sand bank when leaving Fremantle last night, but was reflected this morning, and is now being…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916
221 stories in Riverina's papers · page 4 of 12
Seaplane Wrecked
A torpedo boat patrolling off Dunkirk, found a German seaplane riddled and on fire. French batteries had…
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The steamer Palembano was torpedoed on the voyage from Rotterdam to Java, via London. Nine men were injured. All escaped…
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The steamer Palembeng, bound from Rotterdam to Java, via London, was torpedoed near the Galloper Light. The crew landed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Submarine War Russian Steamer Sunk. Number of Lives Lost. London
Eight members of the crew of the Russian steamer Novo Janalboda landed in Denmark. The captain, his wife and children and ten of the crew were…
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The Danish steamer Sootsborg has been sunk. Three of the crew were lost…
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A British submarine captured the Norwegian steamer Konging, bound for a German port. A prize crew was put aboard, and the vessel was taken to…
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The Dutch steamer Tambora, homeward bound from Java, has been ordered to wait further orders at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cyrenaica. Dash Into Desert. Rescue of Shipwrecked Prisoners. London
The official account of the rescue of passengers and members of the crews of shipwrecked vessels, who were prisoners in the hands of the Scnussi…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Submarine War. Steamer Torpedoed. 250 Refugees Aboard. No Loss of Life Reported. Vessel Towed to Boulogne. London
The steamer Sussex, owned by the Brighton Railway Company, carrying about 250 passengers, was torpedoed in the Straits of Dover. The passengers…
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The steamer Bougainville has been sunk, 23 of the crew being picked up…
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Norwegian steamer "Konig" was torpedoed in the channel without warning. The crew was saved…
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The steamer Manchester Engineer has been sunk. No details are available. A later message states that the crew were saved…
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The French steamer Hebe has been sunk. Eighteen of the crew were landed. It is believed that the remainder were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Positions Wrecked
The French carried out a coup domain on the enemy works in Lorraine, killing or capturing the occupants and blowing up the works…
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It is now thought that the torpedoing of the Dutch steamer Pralembang may have been a mistake, as the vessel was [?]ving near a British…
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About 1500 Germans, who have arrived at Blotshein from Verdun, are not wounded, but their nerves are shattered. They no longer are able to stand the strain and are already deaf and speechless, acting like automatons…
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A German submarine sank a British schooner off the Greciau coast. The crew was saved…
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A German aeroplane unsuccessfully bombarded the Greek steamer Pinios off the Italian coast…
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