Steamer Dacia. Big Bonus Promised. London, Feb. 12
The Steamer Daeia, which was purchased by an American citizen named Breitung for the purpose of carrying cotton for Germany, has left the United States for…
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A Special Appeal for War-Wrecked Australian Homes
The "Sunday Times" Shilling War Fund is for the relief of cases of distress in families which have lost the aid of their breadwinner, absent on active…
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Reports from London state that the cargo steamer Torquay has been towed into Scarborough in a sinking condition. She was either torpedoed or struck a mine when about…
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WELLINGTON, N.Z., Sunday--All hope for the safety of the British four-masted. schooner Rimnc, 600 tons, four months overdue sit the Bluff, from Surprise Island, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Overdue Schooner. Wellington (N.z.)
Advices from Invercargill state that all hope for the safety of the British four-masted schooner Rimac, which is overdue at Bluff from Surprise Island, has been abandoned…
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The German submarine U 2 on Wednesday shelled the steamer Laertes off the Maas River lightship (Holland). The captain raised the Dutch flag in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A British Schooner Lost
A cablegram from New Zealand says.—All hope for the safety of the British four masted schooner Rimac. [?]tons, four months' overdue at the…
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PERTH. Monday.--A meeting of consignees of cargo in the German steamers Roon, Stolberg, Luneberg, and Weimar, now sheltering in Dutch Fast Indian ports, to-day adopted the Sydney…
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A new steamer for the Colonial Sugar Refining Co. is nearing completion, and is expected to arrive here about July next. The new steamer is to be named the Rona, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →New Steamer at Sydney
The Sydic, a new vessel of exceptionally fine lines and ample proportions for the trade requirements in the Sweden-Australian business, made her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Schooner Tramp. Broken up by the Sea
Alter bumping on the rocks at North Head, Sydney, for twelve days the schooner Tramp went to pieces on Friday night. She lay quietly for the first few days…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rough Voyage. Steamer in Heavy Sea
The steamer Hurst, which arrived from Puget Sound yesterday, encountered a succession of severe storms on the voyage. She left Puget Sound on January 13 with…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Beat a Submarine. Steamer's Officers Honored
LONDON, Monday.--The Admiralty announces that Captain Propert of the steamer Laertes, which recently skilfully evaded an attack by a German submarine, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sale of the N.d.l. Steamer Schlesien
Advices received by the mail yesterday says there was a remarkably large attendance in the Merchants' Hall on the 5th January, when Messrs. C. W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In a Cyclone. Steamer Hurst Has a Trying Experience
The tramp Steamer Hurst arrived yesterday from Puget Sound with three and a half million feet of lumber, after a stormy trip. Leaving the Sound on January 13, the Hurst ran into a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Colonial Sugar Co.'s New Steamer. To Be Named Rona
The new steamer building in the United Kingdom for the Colonial Sugar Refining Company is to be named Rona, and according to a message just to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The War! (Continued from page 2.) a Steamer's Escape. Amsterdam
The German submarine U 2 on Wednesday shelled the steamer Laertes of the Maas River lightship (Holland.) The captain raised the Dutch fia…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →"No Can Do." Said the Chinese Sailor. Sydney Bound Steamer's Escape
The steamer Isturis, which passed through the recent Samoan cyclons, is new at Mort's Dock, Balmain, undergoing repairs. It was said to be a disturbance usual in violence to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Steamer Mined. Twelve Lives Lost. Mishap in English Channel. London, Monday Night
Another steamer has been mined in the English Channel. This is the British vessel Wavelet, 1903 tons, which was bound from [?] Florids, to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Mine or Torpedo? Lumber Steamer's Fate. Twelve Lives Lost. London, Monday Night
The steamer Wavelet, laden with timber, shipped a pilot off Deal on Saturday afternoon. When the vessel was in the Downs off the…
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