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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

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Ketch and Cargo. Destroyed by Explosion. Auckland (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 10

An explosion in the benzine cargo on the ketch Kereru started a fire, which destroyed the vessel and its cargo. The Kereru was valued at £1200, and the cargo at £2500. The…

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Turkish Steamer Blown Up. Salonika

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 28 January 1916 · page 15

Constantinople advices state that the Turks recently collected a number of Russian mines round the entrance to the Bosphorus. The mines were put…

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Schooner in a Hurricane. Sails Blown Away

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 11

The American four-masted schooner Manila, which arrived yesterday from Gray's Harbor, had a severe buffeting in a hurricane while crossing the Pacific. The storm raged with…

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German Steamer Adelaide at Loanda

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 4

The Sydney Chamber of Commerce has received the following: communication from the State Premier's office, stating that the Agent-General had…

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Ready to Take Her Last Dive. a Norwe[?]a Rwe[?]an Steamer Submarined in the Irish Sea

The Mirror of Australia · Saturday 29 January 1916 · page 10

[?]he the vessels shown in the picture are now at the bottom of the Irish Sea. [?] British steamer came to her assistance only to meet a [?] Sea. The [?] steamer, which is seen on the paint of sinking, was submarined, and the [?] fate. The crews of both vessesls were rescued by patrol boats…

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Broken Lifeboat Alarming Sign Believed All Lost with 7000-Ton Liner Appam West African Trader 290 People on Board. London, Friday Night

Sunday Times · Sunday 30 January 1916 · page 2

The discovery of a battered lifeboat off Madeira has given rise to grave fears for the safety of the liner Appam, which was trading between English and West African ports…

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A Steamer Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 8

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Sunday.--The Anuhor Company's steamer Kaitoa was stranded near, Cape Tarawhiti. Cook Strait, in a dense, fog this evening. She was bound from Nelson to…

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The Kaitoa Ashore

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 4

Advices from Wellington state that the Anchor Company's steamer Kaitoa 322 tons, gross, stranded near Cape Terawhiti, Cook Strait, in a dense…

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Steamer Stranded. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 10

The Anchor Company's steamer kaitoa stranded near Cape Terawhitl. Cook Strait, in a dense fog this evening. She was bound from Nelson to Wellington on a special trip…

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Steamer Unable to Unload. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 10

The refusal of the Geelong coal lumpers to work after 5 o'clock of an evening bad the ' effect on Saturday of seriously inconveniencing the owners of the steamship Moorabool, which…

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Refloated. Steamer That German's Sank. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 10

The officers of the mail boat Maltal report that the steamer Walkure, sunk at Papeete by the German cruisers early in the war, was refloated on January 1. When the Maital was…

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Voyage Cut Short. Ship Strikes Steamer. Boats Crew Picked Up. London. Sunday Night

Evening News · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 5

News has been received of a coll[?] some distance from the south Stack a point and lightweight of Holy island Wales. The state ship Ben Lee.[?] tons hound[?]…

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Paris Attacked. Zeppelin Victims. Nine Houses Wrecked

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 January 1916 · page 7

PARIS, Sunday.—The Prefect of Police, at a quarter to 10 last night, enforced the measures prescribed to guard against an air raid. The city was plunged into darkness, and firemen…

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Ketch Kereru Destroyed

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 11

A cable message from Auckland states that an explosion in the benzine cargo on the ketch Kereru started a fire, which destroyed the vessel and…

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Norwegian Ship Ashore

Evening News · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 3

The Norwegian ship Sorf[?] tons [?] from Gothenburg (Sweden) ro Melbourne [?] on the north-east coast of King [?] on Monday. Only [?]…

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The Komata Ashore

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 4

The U.S.S. Company's Komata, 1994 tons register, laden with 2400 tons of coal from Westport, went ashore at Pencarrow Heads yesterday morning…

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Missing Liner. Battered Lifeboat Picked Up

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 7

The West African liner Appain, 7781 tons, is believed to have been lost with 160 passengers. A battered lifeboat belonging to the Appain, which is now…

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A Liner Missing. Battered Lifeboat Picked Up

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 4

It is feared that another terrible shipping disaster has occurred, involving great loss of life. The West African liner Appam (7781 tons) with nearly two…

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A Barque Ashore. Sorfareren in Danger

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.--The naval depot received a wireless message this morning to the effect that tho Norwegian barque Sorfareren was ashore on the north-east coast of King…

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