Explosions at Sea. Steamer Beached
The Navy Office announces that the s.s. Cumberland, which left Sydney on Thursday last, July 5, on her voyage to England, was seriously damaged early…
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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917
156 stories in Riverina's papers · page 6 of 8
Cumberland Wreck. War Comforts Damaged. Sydney
While work at the remaining hole in the side of the steamer Cumberland was in progress yesterday cargo came ashore in considerable quantities and was taken…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Near the Coast. Heavy Fighting in Belgium. Russians Continue Victorious Advance. Turco-german Fleet Bombed. U.S.A. Steamer Sunk by Submarine. Western Front. Fighting in Belgium. Heavy Artillery Fire. British Positions Entered. London, Wednesday Night
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports:—The enemy. after 24 fours intense bombardment. determinedly attacked our positions on the Nieuport…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British-india Steamer Sunk
British-lndia steamer "Chilka" has been sunk, with about1600 passengers on board, probably natives…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cumberland Wreck. Sydney
In connection with the wreck of the steamer Cumberland the divers discovered a great hole extending from the main deck to the ship's bottom…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wreck of the Chilka. London
Reuter's Rangoon correspondent states that no further authentic particulars have been obtained regarding the Chilka, which was abandoned afire on July…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Steamer Submarined
The American tank steamer "Grace" has been submarined…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Missing. Month Overdue. Sydney
A Wellington (N.Z.) message states that no news has been received of the Union Company's steamer, now almost a month overdue at her destination. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another German Steamer. LONDON
The Admiralty reports that one of our submarines in the North Sea on Friday captured the German steamer Batavier. The crow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →War on the Sea. Australian Mail Steamer Sunk. All Passengers Safe. Melbourne
The Navy Department announced that the mail steamer Mooltan was sunk in the Mediterranean while on the voyage from Sydney to London. All the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ship Ashore. VANCOUVER
A ship, with 540 returned wounded soldiers aboard went ashore on the Canadian Coast. All were rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Troopship Ashore. Wounded Soldiers and Crew Rescued. Vancouver
A ship of 6000 tons, with 546 returned wounded soldiers on board, went ashore on the Canadian coast. All the soldiers and crew were rescued…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cumberland Foundered. SYDNEY
The steamer Cumberland foundered while being lowed to Twofold Day. The disaster is due to a heavy sea, which came up suddenly at 9 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wreck of the Cumberland. All Hands Rescued. Sydney
Further particulars of the foundering of the steamer Camberland show that the disaster was due to a heavy sea which come up suddenly at 9 p.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →War on the Sea. Oil Steamer Submarined
NEW YORK, Monday. A Standard Oil tank steamer, the Campania, was submarined off the [?]ede Re. There are 47 survivors. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →War on the Sea. Steamer Strikes Mine. in Sight of Port. Vancouver
Five Americans were drowned when the steamer City of Athens struck a mine close to Capetown. Four of the crew and ten other passengers were lost…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →China at War. Declaration Against Central Powers. American Steamer Mined Off Capetown Sufferings in Water-logged Boat. China Declares War. Against Austro-germany London
China has declared war against Austro-Germany…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Steamer Lost. Sydney
The New Zealand Shipping Co. announce the loss of the steamer Turakina, which on her way to New York from London. Two trimmers and a baker…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Struck a Reef. India-bound Vessel Wrecked. Capetown
News has been received from Lorenzo Marquez thet the City of Nagpur, bound for India, struck the Dee can reef 25 miles from Delagoa Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Steamer on Fire. Burning in Sydney Harbor. Sydney
A fire was discovered on a steamer shortly before her arrival at Sydney last night. When about 100 tons of cargo had been discharged this…
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