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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

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The Steamer Geelong Sunk

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 10

London cable advices state that it is officially announced that the P. a O. Company's steamer Geelong hag been sunk in the Mediterranean by a…

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Charge of Stabbing. Fracas on a Ferry Steamer

Evening News · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 1

Shortly before [?]o'clock on Monday evening while the North [?] was making a trip from [?] a commotion was [?] among…

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Trouble on Ferry Steamer Man Charged with Wounding

The Sun · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 3

Henry Hayes, aged 49, a laborer, was before the North Sydney Police Court this morning, and remanded until Monday next, on a charge of having maliciously wounded…

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Italian Steamer Mined Two Hundred Perish. 425 Montenegrin Recruits. London

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 2

An Italian steamer was mined in the Adriatic. Two hundred people perished. A message from Cetigne says that the steamer carried 425 Montenegrin…

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Australian Traders Wrecked. Two Well Known Sailers

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 16

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…

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Steamer Runs Into Wharf

Evening News · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 1

The American Australian liner Parattah, which arrived at Sydney a week ago from New York, berthed at No. 1 wharf Dawes Point, to discharge her Sydney cargo yesterday…

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Smart Steaming by the Devon. a New Steamer's Record

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 4

Seldom does it happen that a vessel will make an exceptionally smart passage on her maiden voyage, the machinery not being at its best until…

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Steamer Sunk. the Gun Macfarlane. Sufferings of Crew. London, [?]

Evening News · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 1

From [?] of the steamer [?] The message states [?]…

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Emden a Total Wreck

Evening News · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 1

Nothing more can be done towards salving either the remains of the Emden, at Cocos Islands as say trophies from her. [?] such as may be east [?], Mr. Jensen, the Minister…

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The Last of the Emden. a Storm-buffeted Wreck

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 8

MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- The Minister of the Navy, Mr. Jensen, in the course of a statement issued to-day, stated that about a year ago visits were paid to the wreck of the Emden…

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The Emden. Visit to the Wreck. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1916 · page 14

Notwithstanding all the efforts made to secure further relics from the German cruiser Emden, there is little likelihood of any more reaching Australia…

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Cable Steamer Iris

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 7

NORFOLK ISLAND. "Wednesday.--The cable steamer Iris called here yesterday, en route to Fiji…

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The New Motor Steamer Kangaroo

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 4

Cable advices report that the Western Australian Governments new Diesel-engined steamer Kangaroo reached Capetown on the 28th…

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British Steamer Sunk. Boat Picked Up. Malta, Jan. 11

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 January 1916 · page 9

The steamer Clan Macfarlane was sunk on December 30. The chief officer, engineer, four other officers, and 18 Lascars were picked up. Thirteen Lascars died in…

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Accident to a Steamer

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 4

The steamer Burringbar, while crossing in at Balling from Sydney on Monday morning, struck the north breakwater. When on the bar the steamer was caught…

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Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society. Awards for Bravery

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 3

A meeting of the committee of the Royal Shipwreck Relief and Humane Society of New South Wales was held yesterday afternoon in the Royal Exchange, when several cases of…

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Turkish Submarine Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 9

PETROGRAD, Thursday.--Russian torpedo boats destroyed a Turkish submarine, which had run ashore in the Black Sea…

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Turkish Submarine. Ashore in Black Sea. Petrograd, Jan. 13

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 17

Russian torpedo boats destroyed a Turkish submarine which went ashore in the Black Sea…

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Smallpox Case on North Coast Steamer

The Sun · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 5

When the coastal steamer Yulgilbar arrived in Sydney from the Macleay River this morning she had to be quarantined owing to one of the crew having a slight attack of smallpox…

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Cargo on the Austrian Steamer Orsova

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 15 January 1916 · page 4

A meeting of Orsova consignees was held at the Sydney Chamber of Commeor on the 12th inst., to discuss the undermentioned goods received from…

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