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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

1,416 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 71

Schooner Albert Meyer Sold

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 4

Advices have been received to the effect that the schooner Albert Meyer, expected at Melbourne from Eureka has been purchased by Messrs. George…

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Steamer Due To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 15

Makambo, from Near Hebrides, via Norfolk Island…

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The Emden Wreck

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 19 January 1916 · page 11

Nothing more can be done towards salving either the remains of the Emden, at Gocos Islands, or any trophies from her, except such as may be cast ashore. Mr. Jensen, the Minister…

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Mishap to Government Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 3

The Government launch Nea met with a serious mishap yesterday while making for the Government boatshed, Dawes Point, It appears that a portion of the machinery carried…

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Labor. Murray Steamer Employees

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 6

A dispute recently arose between the masters and engineers on the River Murray steamers and the employers. Representatives of the Masters and Engineers' Association met the…

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Steamer Marere Sunk. Well Known in Australia London, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 1

The British steamer Marere (Commonwealth and Dominion Line), 6443 tons, has been sunk. The Marere was well known in Australian waters, having visited nearly all the…

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German Destroyer. Wrecked on Danish Coast. Copenhagen, Jan. 19

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 9

The German torpedo destroyer unter has been wrecked on Aeroe Island (Denmark). It is believed that the crew were drowned…

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German Torpedo Boat. Wrecked North of Kiel

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 20 January 1916 · page 5

COPENHAGEN. Wednesday.--The German corpedo-boat Under has been wrecked on Acroe island. Denmark, north of KiedBay. It is believed that the crew were…

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Another Auxiliary Schooner

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 4

Messrs. A. F. Thane and Co., of San Francisco, who own several vessels well known in the Pacific Coast-Australian timber trade, have, according…

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Submarine Ashore. the Crew Saved. London, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 1

It is officially announced that a British submarine grounded on the coast of Holland. A British destroyer saved part of the officer and crew, and the rest were taken off…

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Steamer Sunk. Commonwealth Liner Marere. London, Jan. 20

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 7

The steamer Marere (6443 tons), owned by the Commonwealth and Dominion Line, Ltd., has been sunk. The crew was saved…

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German Torpedo-boat Wrecked. One More Accounted For. Copenhagen

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 15

The German torpedo-boat Under has been wrecked an Aeroe Island, Denmark, north of Kiel Bay. It is believed that the crew were drowned…

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Another Old Australian Trader Gone. Barque Ivanhoe Wrecked

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 4

The Chilian barque Ivanhoe, which at one time sailed under the British flag, and was well known in Australian waters, has been totally…

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Wreck at the Islands. Trading Vessel on a Reef

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 21 January 1916 · page 7

News was received in Sydney yesterday of the loss of the auxiliary schooner Otapire, at Toga Island, in the New Hebrides Group. The vessel, which was engaged in the inter-island trade,…

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The Steamer Kulambangra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 19

Messrs. Lever's Pacific Plantations, Ltd., steamer Kulambangra leaves the old China Navigation Wharf, Circular Quay, to-day, at 11.30 a.m., for the Solomon Islands, direct. The following passengers have booked:…

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Steamer Overdue. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 16

The Minister for Trade and Customs (Mr. Tudor) is in receipt of a telegram from the Collector of Customs for Western Australia to the effect that the sub-collector at Coss[?]…

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The Little Schooner Llzzie Vance Leaves for Eureka

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 4

The little American 3-masted fore- and-aft schooner Lizzie Vance was towed to sea yesterday afternoon, bound for Eureka in ballast. The…

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750 Browned when German Submarine Sank French Transport. British Ship Picks Up Invalided Soldiers From Steamer Calvados. Adrift in Mediterranean—survivors Tell of German Officer's Cruelty

The Newsletter: an Australian Paper for Australian People · Saturday 22 January 1916 · page 8

A thrilling story of how a German submarine sank a French transport in the Mediterranean when 750 men were…

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News' of the Sea and Shipping Poor Deal for Our Government Thrilling Experience of Wrecked Japanese

Sunday Times · Sunday 23 January 1916 · page 3

Advices received by the last American mail are to the effect that a channel was opened through the slide in the Gaillard Cut on December 17. It was also stated that tugs and…

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