Interned Steamer Utilised. New York
The first seized German steamer has sailed to France under the United States flag, carrying supplies to the Allies…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917
156 stories in Riverina's papers · page 4 of 8
Steamer Torpedoed
The New Zealand Shipping Company has been informed that the steamer Rotorna was recently torpedoed in the English Channel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →French Steamer Sunk London
News comes from Madrid that the French mail steamer Medjerda, 1,918 tons, has been sunk. Seventeen shipwrecked persons, including several…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrific Explosion Pro-german Wreckers. Outrage in Canada. Vancouver, Wednesday Evening
A report has been received here indicating that German wreckers have re-commenced their diabolical work of destruction…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Liner Hopelessly Wrecked
Lloyd's report that the Leyland liner Colonial, 6440 tons, is ashore. She is a hopeless wreck and has been abandoned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War on the Sea. Brazilian Steamer Sunk. Paris
The Brazilian steamer Juca was torpedoed off the Brittany coast. A portion of the crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After a Sea Battle. Wreckage in War Time
My first recollection of wreckage in connected with a rocky northern shore. A wild autumnal gale was shrieking, and booming among the cliffs and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Brazilian Steamer Sunk
A submarine sank the Brazilian steamer Tajuca, off Britain. Some of the crew were saved. CONSCRIPTION FOR NEW FOUNDLAND…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →French Steamer Torpedoed
The French steamer "Son[?] carrying 81 of a crew and [?] passengers, was torpedoed enroute from Marseilles to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wool Loading Held Up. Steamer Takes General Cargo. Port Melbourne
Today a gang of stevedores and laborers objected to loading wool on a steamer at 1/9 per hour. They asked. 2/. In order to avoid delay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Diamond Cutting Leaves Europe. the War Wrecks an Industry
Since the earliest days of the art Amsterdam has had a monopoly of the work of cutting diamonds, and outside of that country few competent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Steamer Sunk. Copenhagen
Gedser reports state a German steamer was sunk, and the crew saved by a German guardship…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War on the Sea. German Steamer Sunk. Copenhagen
Reports from Gedser state that a Gorman steamer was mined and sunk. The crew were saved by a German guard ship…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Messageries Steamer Torpedoed. Paris
The Messageries steamer yarra was torpedoed on May 29 in the Eastern mediterranean. There were 690 aboard and 56 are missing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Yarra 56 Missing. Paris
The Messageries Maritime steamer Yarra was torpedoed on the 29th. May in the eastern Mediterranean. There were 690 aboard. Fifty-six are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Romance of a Wreck
What may probably be regarded as the individual shipping investment which has yielded the largest profit during the war has just come to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Through Submarine Zone American Food Steamer Reaches France
The United States collier Jupiter has arrived at France with [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Norwegian Steamer Mined. Copenhagen
The Norwegian steamer Civy, coal laden from Chili, was mined and sank…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Norwegian Steamer Sunk Copenhagen
The Norwegian steamer Civry, coal laden for Chile, was mined and sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Sea. Steamer Abandoned. Sydney
The Navy Office states that the Union Steam-hip Company's steamer Waitotara caught fire at sea and was abandoned. The whole of the crew…
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