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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1916

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West Australa's New Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 12

Advices from Fremantle indicate that great satisfaction is felt in connection with the latest addition to the State's shipping, the motor ship Kangaroo…

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Vessel Ashore. Crew Believed to Be Safe. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 10

To-day news was received in Melbourne, that the Norwegian sailing ship Sorfareren, 2470 tons, was ashore on the north-east coast of King Island. The exact locality of the…

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Collier Ashore. Jettisoning the Cargo. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 9

The Union Company's Komata, laden with 2400 tons of coal from Westport, went ashore at Pencarrow Heads this morning while endeavouring to get into Wellington…

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Suicide on a Steamer. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 11

One of the passengers on the steamer Indarra (Mr. H. E. Power) committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver during the passage from Sydney to Melbourne, which was…

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Wandra Wreck Marine Court Finding

The Sun · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 3

The Murine Court (Judge Backhouse, president, and Captains Simpson and Davidson, assessors), to-day inquired into the foundering of the steamer Wandra…

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Wreck of the Socotra Cargo Salved

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 February 1916 · page 6

The Sydney Marino Underwriters' and Savage Association yesterday received a cable from London, stating that the cargo salved from the wreck of t[?], and O. steamer Socotra,…

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Schooner Damaged

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 13

A telegram from Wilson's Promontory yesterday stated that the four-masted schooner Alpena passed there at 1.30 p.m., bound from Adelaide to Newcastle, with her foretopmast…

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The Volador and Wave Ashore

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 4

A telegram from Hobart advises that as a result of the strong gales that have prevailed all round the Tasmanian coast, two schooners have been…

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An American Schooner Off the Heads

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 4

Last evening the Signal Master at South Head reported that a four-masted schooner was 18 miles E.S.E. at 6 o'clock. As no tugs went out the…

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A Steamer Missing

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 46

The most serious fears are entertained respecting the West African liner Appam, which was on her homeward voyage when, it is believed, she foundered in a storm…

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Danish Steamer Released

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 9

COPENHAGEN, Tuesday.--The Danish steamer Vidar, which was captured by this Germans, while en route to England with a cargo of…

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Sailing Vessels Ashore. Rough Weather. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 13

As a result of the strong gales that have prevailed all round the Tasmanian coast, two sailing vessels have been reported ashore. The Hobart Marine Board received a…

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Steamer Gets Off Rocks

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 10

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Tuesday.--The steamer Komata came off the melts at 11 o'clock tonight, using her engines and a winch on a line to a seaward anchor. The discharge of coal…

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Ship That Went Ashore. Floated Off Undamaged. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 14

The uncertainty which existed last night us to the identity of the ship reported as being ashore at King Island was set at rest early this morning by the arrival off Williamstown…

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Steamer Vidar Released. Copenhagen, Feb. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 13

The steamer Vidar has been released. [A German submarine captured the Danish steamer Vidar, which was carrying provisions for England. The boat was conveyed to…

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Steamer Appam Safe Arrival in American Port German Prize Crew in Charge New York, Tuesday Afternoon

Evening News · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 1

The West African line steamer Appam. 7781 tons, has not been lost. She has arrived in America in charge of a German prize crew…

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Barquentine Wrecked. Grounded on Mussel Roe Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 February 1916 · page 10

LAUNCESTON, Tuesday.--Word has been received from Cape Portland that the barquentine Volador, bound from Hobart to Melbourne with a cargo of timber, had gone ashore on…

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Big Steamer Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 4

News was brought to Sydney yesterday by the steamer Empire of the stranding of the steamer Australian Transport, well known here, under the Empire Transport Company's flag…

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Steamer Squall Wrecked. All Hands Safe

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1916 · page 6

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Wednesday.--The Richardson steamer Squall struck an uncharted rock and sunk, about one mile north of Fast Island. All hands arc safe…

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