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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917

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Liner Ashore. Fourteen Lives Lost

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 2 January 1917 · page 5

LONDON, Monday.--The Liverpool liner Al[?]ndra, bound from Baltimore to Cork, has gone gone ashore. Fourteen persons were drowned. The…

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Steamer Wrecked. Survivors' Terrible Experience. London, Jan. 1

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 2 January 1917 · page 6

The Liverpool liner Alondra (2244 tons) struck on the rocks near Baltimore, in the County of Cork. Fourteen persons were drowned…

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Hurricane at St. Thomas. Many Vessels Driven Ashore

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 2 January 1917 · page 2

Further particulars have been received of the terrible hurricane which did such damage at St. Thomas last October. The advices state that "severe…

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Danish Steamer. Sunk by Submarine. London, Monday Evening

Evening News · Tuesday 2 January 1917 · page 1

The latest victim of the submarine pirates was the [?] steamer [?], 1879 tons. of [?]. It is alded that of the officers and [?]…

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The Wreck of the Tridonia. Fate of the Master

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 2 January 1917 · page 2

News received by the mail from London reports the loss of the British barque Tridonia. It is stated that the Tridonia dragged her anchors in…

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Schooner Missing. Townsville

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 12

Anxiety is felt locally as to the whereabout, of the timber schooner Swordfish, which was on a trip from Townsville to Maryborough, and was seen on the evening of…

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Wreck of a Liner. Survivors' Terrible Suffering

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 4

The Liverpool liner Alondra (2244-tons) struck on the rocks near Baltimore, in the County of Cork on Friday last, Fourteen persons were drowned. The…

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Enemy's Trenches Wrecked

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 3 January 1917 · page 14

The French raided wrecked German trenches between the Oise and the Aisne. The Germans violently bombarded the French positions between the Mouse and Avocourt…

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Liner Ashore

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 5

LONDON, Wednesday.--The Leyland liner Nestorian (107.7 tons) went ashore in a fog. She is a total wreck. The whole of the crow were saved…

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Liner Wrecked. Ashore in a Fog. London, Jan. 3

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 7

The Leyland liner Nestorian (4075 tons) went ashore in a fog, and became a total wreck. The crow was saved…

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Steamer Adrift. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 8

The steamer Bun[?]yong had an unusual experience on Tuesday. She was leaving for the south, and had sheered off from the wharf, when her stern rope was carried away…

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Steamer Due To-day

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 9

Mallina, from Rockhampton and Brisbane, via Newcastle. The steamers Queen Bee and Koonya passed South Head yesterday at 3.4[?] p.m. aud 5.35 p.m., respectively,…

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Steamer Wyandra Delayed. Short of Firemen

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 4

A shortage of firemen resulted in the A.U.S.N. Company's steamer Wyandra, bound for Melbourne, being subjected to serious delay in the harbor yesterday. The Wyandra carries a…

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On Manly Steamer. Suspect Sent to Gaol

Evening News · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 4

Bert Jackson [?] men were [?] being suspect [?] The evidence of [?] Henry…

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Several Steamers Wrecked London, Wednesday Night

The Sun · Thursday 4 January 1917 · page 5

Reuter's correspondent at Shanghai states that details of the wreck in a blizzard of the Japanese steamer H[?] Maru [?] off Che-foo on Christmas Day show that…

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Coastal Schooner Missing

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 4

Anxiety is felt at Towns[?] (Q.) respecting the whereabouts of the timber schooner Sword[?] which was on a trip fro[?] Townsville to Maryborough, and was…

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Schooner Missing. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 8

Inspector Sweetman, of Townsville, in a telegram dated yesterday, reports as follows:—"The schooner Swordfish left here on December 21 direct for Maryborough, laden…

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The Schooner Swordfish. Fears for Safety

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 5

BRISBANE, Thursday.--Inspector Sweetman, of Townsville, yesterday afternoon wired to police headquarters, Brisbane, as follows:— "Schooner Swordfish left here on December…

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Steamer Canberra in the Storm

Evening News · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 3

The Canberra of the [?] line, which arrived at Sydney [?] from Queensland [?] the rain storm which [?]…

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A Sunken Steamer Order for Removal

The Sun · Friday 5 January 1917 · page 3

Before Mr. Love, S.M., at the Water Police Court this morning, an application was made by the Navigation Department for an order to remove the steamer Belmore, which sunk…

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