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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

1,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 12 of 71

Schooner in Gales

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 10

The American schooner [?] arroved from Columbia River last night, and [?] Bay at 10.35 o'clock. The vesel was 75 days on the voyage, and the captain repected meeting severe gales…

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American Schooner Winslow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 11

The 4-m American schooner Winslow arrived from Eureka yesterday with 800,000 ft of timber and anchored in Snails Bay. The vessel met fine weather until off Lord Howe Island, which was reached when…

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Steamer Paring a Returns. Defective Circulating Pump

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 8

The Adelaide S.S. Company's steamer Paringa, which left the harbor on Saturday afternoon for Cairns via ports, with passengers and cargo, returned to port later at the evening. It…

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Toko Maru Case. Torpedoed Steamer. Important Judgment. London, Feb. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 9

An action upon the result of which other claims totalling £200,000 depend, and which arose out of the torpoeding of the steamer Toko Maru, was concluded…

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Torpeaded. British Steamer Springwell. Officers and Crew Saved. Malta, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 6

[?] Limited at New[?] was the latest…

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Church Wrecked. Lismore

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 7

The wind which accompanied the thunderstorm on Thursday night was particularly severe at Clunes, wrecking the Methodist church, which was constructed of wood. The…

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Damage at Liverpool Several Hotels Wrecked

The Sun · Monday 14 February 1916 · page 7

After the Casula men had reached Liverpool, where their approach had been heralded, they entered the lines of the main military camp there. When it was known that they…

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The First Mail Steamer for Hobart

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 4

The Medina will be the first P. and D. mail steamer to visit Hobart this season, consequently instead of getting away from Sydney on a Saturday,…

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Another American Schooner in Trouble. Retriever Returns to Port. Vessel Leaking

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 11

The American barquentine Retriever is the latest vessel flying the "Stars and Stripes" to get into trouble and from an account received by the…

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Ablaze at Sea. a Naval Boarding Steamer

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 4

The naval boarding steamer Peel Castle, 1474-tons, was the centre of exciting events on Sunday. A fire suddenly brake out while the vessel was in the Straits of…

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Wreck of the Seabird

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 3

The Caurleton pilot who saw the wrecking of the launch [?] on the bar on Saturday, when three men were drowsed, said that the [?] motor [?] crossed out at 5…

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H.M.S. Arethusa. Celebrated Flotilla Leader Wrecked by Mine. Ten Lives Lost. London, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 5

The destruction is announced of one of the most celebrated of His Majesty's warships. Late this afternoon it was officially…

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The Wrecked Hotel at Liverpool What the Soldiers Did. Shooting at the Clock

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 7

At 4 o'clock yesterday, dis[?] reigned in Liverpool. The citizens did not [?]venture for[?] At that hour additional police, numbering about 200, arrived in the town…

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Rioting. Soldiers Refuse to Drill. Two Camps Idle. Hotels and Shops Wrecked. One Man Killed. Riots at Liverpool and Sydney

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 9

At breakfast-time yesterday about 5000 troops of the Australian Imperial Forces, camped at Casula, near Liverpool, refused duty and demanded the retraction of a new…

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Cruiser Gone May Be Total Wreck Arethusa Strikes Mine Small Loss of Life London, Monday Night

The Sun · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 1

The Admiralty announces that H.M.S. Arethusa, Commodore Reginald Tyrwhitt, struck a mine on the east coast of England. It is feared that she will become a total…

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Suspicious Dutch Steamer

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 12

London shippers discussing the Appam's capture point out that a Dutch steamer recently arrived from America. She took six months to cross the Atlantic,…

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British Steamer Torpedoed

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 16 February 1916 · page 12

The British steamer Springwell, 5593 tons, belonging to the Well Line, Limited, of Newcastle, and bound for India, was the latest victim of the submarines…

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Dutch Steamer in Trouble

The Sun · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 1

Two tugs, three trawlers, and a destroyer towed the Dutch liner Bandoeng, 5851 tons, into the River Thames to- day. She was 15 feet down by the head…

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Socotra Wreck. the Captain's Error. Strong Southerly Current. London. Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 17 February 1916 · page 1

Evidence given at the Board of Trade inquiry into the wreck of the steamer So[?] tons. which went [?] near [?] showed that the captain…

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The New Steamer Cumberland

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 18 February 1916 · page 4

For a new steamer, engines requiring "tuning up" before they are at their best, the new F. and S. liner Cumberland has done remarkably well…

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