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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1915

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Many Drownings Lost Overboard From a Steamer. Queensland Woman's Death

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 4

On Monday morning, when the A.U.S.N. steamer Wyandra was off Norah Head on the last trip from Queensland ports to Sydney, the officers on deck were…

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P. and 0. Boat Wrecked

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 4

Tokio cables bring news of a shipwreek. The Fukuju Maru reports that she has rescued and is bring to Kobe 170 passengers and seamen from the P…

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Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 January 1915 · page 9

The monthly meeting of the committee of the Royal Shipwreck Rollet and Humane Society was held in the Royal Exchange yesterday afternoon. The following awards for…

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Short-lived Dream. the Schooner Ayesha. Plans of the Sailors. London, Friday Night

Evening News · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 5

A letter which has been received here from a resident in Sumatra gives an interesting account of the wanderings of the schooner Ayesha in which some of the members of the Emden's…

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The Commonwealth Trawling Steamer Appears to be Lost

The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 16

Taking all the facts into consideration surrounding the disappearance of the Commonwealth trawler Endeavor, only one conclusion can be drawn—that there has been another…

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The Eastern's Trip. Quiet in the Islands. Missionary Steamer Captured

Evening News · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 1

Captian F. Carter, R.A.N.R., has retained command of the Bastera, and the ship's porsonnal remains unaltered. Fureer F.L. Frest has only just joined the ship and the voyage…

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Great Air Raid. Full Story of a Splendid Feat. Workshops Wrecked

The World's News · Saturday 16 January 1915 · page 6

TWO of the three heroes of the recent flaring raid upon the Seppelin factory at Friedrichshafen passed through Paris on November 25, proudly wearing the Cross of…

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Floating Mines. Many Drift Ashore. Amsterdam, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1915 · page 9

Over one hundred mines have drifted ashore on the Belgian coast. Soldiers at Knocke, Heyst, and Zefebrugge are busy exploding them…

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Raft Washed Ashore. Is It From the Endeavour? Wellington [?]

Evening News · Monday 18 January 1915 · page 5

A raft ten feet by six feet, with cross beams of Oregon pine, was washed ashore near the Bluff, South Island, this morning it has been [?]nggouted that the raft may be from the…

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Raft Washed Ashore. Is It From Endeavour? Wellington (N.z.)

The Sun · Monday 18 January 1915 · page 6

A raft was washed ashore on the coast at the Bluff Hill, near Invercargill, on Saturday. It appeared to have been in the water for a month. The dimensions are 10ft by…

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Bougainville. Occupation by the Australians. German Steamer Warned, the Buka Sunk

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1915 · page 8

Further particulars regarding the occupation by Australian troops on December 3 last of Bougainville, the principal island in the German Solomons, were received by the…

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Manly Carnival. Heavy Steamer Traffic. Eighty-seven Trips. 75,000 People Carried Across

Evening News · Monday 18 January 1915 · page 5

Forty-three steamer trips were run from Sydney to Manly between 2 pm, and 11 p.m. on Saturday, while forty-four trips were recorded from the Manly end. This almost…

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German Seaplane. Wrecked in North Sea. London, Monday Morning

The Sun · Monday 18 January 1915 · page 5

'A' report from Copenhagen states that a derelict German seaplane has been found in the North Sea, carrying two bombs. There was no trace of the occupants…

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Raft Washed Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 7

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Monday.--A raft was washed up three miles westward of the Bluff harbor entrance. Apparently it had been in the water for about a month. The dimensions…

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Raft Washed Ashore. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 10

An Invercargill telegram states that a raft was washed ashore at Bluff Hill on Saturday. It is suggested that it may come from the missing Endenvour. Wireless inquiries are…

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The New Steamer Tysla

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 11

Particulars have been received of the new steamer Tysla, now en route to Australia on her maiden voyage from Fredrickstad. The vessel was built to…

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"Not in Enemy Service." Steamer Lowther Range

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 7

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--The facts relating to the seizure by the Admiralty of the steamer Lowther, Range, which left Newcastle coalladen on September 4, 1914, are supplied in…

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Patrol Tug Lost. Holed by a Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 7

LONDON, Monday.--The Admiralty patrol tug Char was holed on Saturday while attempting to got alongside the Russian steamer Erivan for examination purposes.--The Erivan was unable…

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At the Quay. First Orient Cargo Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 9

There are few places around Sydney where the effects of the war are more evident than in Circular Quay. The wharfs on both the eastern and western sides, where practically…

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Steamer Leaking. Awaroa Returns to Port. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1915 · page 10

The small steamer Awaroa, which left Wellington for Melbourne last Friday, returned to-day. She met heavy weather, and made water through the decking and part of the…

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