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That the waters around Great Britain and Ireland are dangerous to navigation is obvious from the number of wrecks that occur. In the year ending June 30, 1913, no fewer…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →News has reached Sydney of the wreck of two more sailing vessels, which at one time were well known in the Australian trade. Both were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lake Tangany[?]ku that great African inland sea, whose very existence was unknown to civilisation sixty years ago, was on Boxing Day, the scene of a sharp,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →BULAHDELAH, Thursday.-- The steamer Myall River was discovered on fire when approaching the town on Sunday night. After a hard light the steamer and cargo were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Owing to a mishap to her steering gear, the Watson's Bay and South Shore Ferry Company's steamer Greycliffe, which left Watson's Bay at 10 o'clock last night for Sydney, had to put…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association has received the following cable from London: "Steamer Socotra, 1250 bales wool salved wet, but salvage difficult, owing to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Messageries Maritimes steamer Melnam. bound from Calcutta to Marseilles, was chased by a submarine which fired 100 shells at her. The steamer escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Messageries Maritimes steamer Melnam, bound from Calcutta to Marseilles, was chased by a submarine which fired 100 shells at her. The steamer escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Admiral Sir Percy Scott, who recently was relieved of the defence of London, is the creator of modern gunnery. He invented the system of directing the fire of heavy guns…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Admiralty announce that a British submarine sank off Texel, Netherlands, A Dutch cruiser rescued the crew. Before she sank the submarine sent out a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A collision at sea occurred on Friday night between the Ellervin liner City of Florence, 5399 tons (Captain J. Lenry), and the American four-masted schooner Philippine, 523 tons (commanded by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A collision occurred in Bass Straits at 10 o'clock on Friday night between the steamer City of Florence (5400 tons) and the American schooner Philippine (490 tons), resulting in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →STOCKHOLM, Sunday.--The British steamer Gitano, which has been in refuge at Norrkoeping, Sweden, since the war, slipped out of harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An Italian steamer struck a mine in the Adriatic and sank. Two hundred of the passengers and crew perished. It is reported from Cett[?]gne that the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →LONDON, Sunday.--An Italian steamer was mined in the Adriatic. Two hundred people perished. A message from Cetigne says that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The battle raging in Bukovina is described as the fiercest in this region since the war began. The Russians have captured Chartorysk, in Volliynia, and are attacking resolutely in the region of Czernovitz…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The H and [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A collision occurred in Bass Straits on Friday night between the steamer City of Floronco and the American schooner Philippine, resulting in serious damage to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →While crossing the Richmond [?] from Sydney on Monday, the North Coast Company's [?] break[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A stabbing affray occurred on the ferry steamer Ka[?]kai last night, a man named William Reache receiving a knife wound in the left arm. The wounded man was conveyed…
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