Fire on a Steamer. Mail Bags Damaged. Melbourne
A fire occurred at 2 o'clock this morning [?] the steamer Loongana, while the vessel was proceeding from Launceston to Melbourne…
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Air-fleet Destroyed. Sunk During Transport. Russians Shell Steamer. London, Monday Morning
A Petrograd message reports that the Russian Black Sea fleet, operating near Sinope, have sunk the steamer Georglos, carrying the entire Turkish air fleet, comprising 16…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Steamer on Fire
A fire was discovered on board the &learner Loonganna early on Saturday morning, when that vessel was about sixty miles of the Tamar Heads, bout from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Foundered! a Zeppelin Raider Wrecked. Allies' Airmen Reply. Hard Fighting at Argonne and Alsace. Important Russian Victory. H.m.a.s. Australia Sinks a German Supply Ship
An Amsterdam report states that Dutch fishermen saw a German Zeppelin airship founder as it was returning from the English raid. The Allied airmen replied by dropping bombs on the German position at Bruges and Zeebrugge. A submarine was damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →German Schooner Flits
The little German schooner Atlas, which formerly traded around the Gilbert Islands has disappeared since the war broke out. News came by the steamer Brunner that she is…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →British Steamer Torpedoed
The British steamer Durward, of 1301 tons, commanded by Captain J. P. Boyd, and owned by G. Gibson and Company, of Leith, has been torpedoed off the Hook of Holland…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →New Steamer Sydic
The new Swedish steamer Sydic, which left Gothenburg last November for Melbourne and Sydney, with timber and other cargo, left Albany last…
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LONDON, Tuesday.--The Press Bureau states that the British armed merchantman Viknor [?] has been lost in a gale or blown up by a mine north of Ireland. All on board…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Produce. Food and Foodstuffs Per Steamer
The following table shows the total arrivals of the food and foodstuffs enumerated per oversea, interstate, and coastal steamers during the month of December, 1914, For the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Steamer Bumps Coal Wharf. Mix Up at Blue's Point
A gap fort long by the wide was made in the Sydney Fe[?] Bule's point North Sydney, during the southerly yesterday afternoon by the Howard South steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Zeppelin Wrecked. Brought Down by Forts. Russian Success at Libau. London, Tuesday Night
The Russians have wrecked a Zeppelin at Libau, on the Baltic, and captured the crew. The navy staff at Petrograd announces that the Zeppelin on Monday morning dropped…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Good Day's Work. Enemy Repulsed. Ypres to the Argonne. German Cruiser Torpedoed Austrian Ship Mined. Zeppelin Wrecked. Big Gun Put Out of Action. 176th Day of the War
The light German cruiser Gazelle is reported to have been torpedoed by a Russian ship in the Baltic…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Struck Sunken Wreck. New Collier Damaged
The Marine Underwriters Association received to-day a cable from London, dated yesterday, to the effect that Huddart, Parker and Co.'s new collier Goulburn had struck a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Zeebrugge Raid. Many Motors Wrecked
AMSTERDAM, Monday.--The "Algemeen Handelsblad" states that as a result of the air raid on Zeebrugge by Squadron-commander DAvies, and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →New Steamer's Mishap
A cable was received yesterday by the the Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association that Huddart, Parker's new steamer Goulburn had struck a steamer in the Downs, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →New Steamer Goulburn Damaged
The Sydney Marine, Underwriters' Association have received cable advices that Messrs. Huddart, Parker's new steamer Goulburn, which was reported…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Vessel Damaged. Struck Sunken Steamer
A cable was received by the Sydney Marine Underwriters' Association yesterday, stating that the Huddart, Parker steamer Goulburn had struck a sunken steamer in the Downs,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Osterley Visits Emden Wreck. Mass of Twisted Steel
Commander Jenks, of the Osterley, which arrived in port this morning, had several games of hide-and-seek with the Emden before the latter was destroyed…
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PETROGRAD, Tuesday.—It is officially reported that a Zeppelin, on Monday morning, dropped nine bombs on an undefended part of Libau, on the coast of the Baltic…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Wrecked Steamer Ripple Sold
Recently the steamer Ripple, 129 tons register, which was wrecked at Levuka during the recent storm, was sold by auction, together with the ship's boats,…
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