S.O.S. Drama on Shelled Steamer. Urgent Appeal to Warships Speeding to the Rescue. How Ship Carried on and Escaped a Submarine
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 6
Few of us at home realise the intensity of the ocean drama in which our merchant seamen, night and day, are risking their lives to keep our sea…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Famous Old Yacht Fleetwing Wrecked
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 20 February 1917 · page 8
The Fleetwing, a famous old racing schooner yacht, built at New York in 1866 for James A. Osgood, was wrecked on the coast of Cuba Nov. 11. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →British Advance on the Western Front Sir Douglas Haig Predicts a Decisive Event Turkish Positions on the Tigris Captured United States Refuses to Negotiate with Germany American Schooner Sunk by a Submarine
Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 21 February 1917 · page 12
The British have made further advances in the region of the Somme, and have pushed their lines further eastward towards Bapaume. According to a French paper, Sir Douglas Haig stated in an interview that the Allies would certainly Break the German front, and would strike without respite until the German armies are totally destroyed. He added that this year would see the decisive event of the war,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Shipping Losses. Wrecks and Other Casualties. Last Year's Record
Evening News · Wednesday 21 February 1917 · page 3
The Department of Navigation has completed return, showing the number of weeks when occurred during last year, and other shipping [?] resulting in loss of [?]…
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Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 21 February 1917 · page 2
It seems as if there might be some good salvage for underwriters from the wreck of the steamer Bear, which lies near Cape Mendocino (says…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Submarines. Swedish Steamer Sunk. London, Feb. 21
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 February 1917 · page 7
Swedish newspapers are indignant at the sinking of the Swedish ship Hug[?] Hamilton, which, laden with saltpetre, was on a voyage from Valparaiso to Sweden…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Late War News. Ruthlessness. Norwegian Steamer Torpedoed. Washington, Feb. 20
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 22 February 1917 · page 7
The American Consul at Queenstown reports the sinking of the Norwegian steamer Dalbeatic. The submarine continued to shell the steamer after the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Struck a Reef. Fate of the Schooner E. B. Jackson
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 8
Further particulars reached Sydney yesterday regarding the loss of the American schooner E.B. Jackson, bound from. Melbourne to Apia, at the Samoan Group. The vessel, it appears,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →District Court. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Drifting Steamer on Fire. Reid v. Balmain New Ferry Co
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 4
Andrew Reld (trading as James Hardle and Co.), Circular Quay, Sydney, claimed £200 from the Balmain New Ferry Co., Ltd., of Erskine-street, Sydney. The plaintiff…
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The Sun · Friday 23 February 1917 · page 6
A report has been received by the Department of Navigation that two motor launches, have been wrecked, one at Yamba, at the Clarence River, and the other at…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1917 · page 15
The schooner Shannon is still aground at Forster. it is hoped to float her off to-day…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1917 · page 15
The Sydney Chamber of Commerce has been notified by the Federal Attorney-General that he has consented to the time for the sale of enemy goods ex the Adelaide (renamed…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Mararoa Ashore. at Cape Turakirae. Wellington, [?]
Evening News · Saturday 24 February 1917 · page 5
The Union S[?] 25ft tons, bound from [?] Wellington, went [?]bore during [?] morning at Cape [?] Wellington…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Raider. Captured Danish Steamer. Copenhagen, Feb. 23
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1917 · page 13
Commenting on the reports from South America concerning a German raider capturing the Danish steamer, Hammershus in the South Atlantic and forcing her to…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mararoa Ashore Near Wellington Harbor Passengers and Crew Safe Wellington (N.z.)
The Sun · Saturday 24 February 1917 · page 5
The Union Co.'s s.s. Mararoa ran ashore at Cape Turakirae, near the entrance to Wellington Harbor, at 9 a.m. to-day in a heavy fog…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Man Overboard. Excitement on Manly Steamer. Deck-hand's Bravery
Evening News · Saturday 24 February 1917 · page 1
The Water Pallet had not up till this morning recovered the body of the young man who disappeared from a Manly steamer, hear Bradlye's Head, yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Through the Foe. American Steamer Reaches France. Official Welcome. New York. Friday Night
Evening News · Saturday 24 February 1917 · page 1
Advises from Paris state that the first American ship from the United States to enter the submarine zone has arrived in French waters. The So rotary of the American Embassy and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck of the Nina Meg
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 February 1917 · page 15
The motor boat Nina Meg, while crosing the bar [?] Yamba, struck the south breakwater. She now lies a wreck on the south beach. All the crew were saved…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Ashore and Refloated Mararoa's Adventure Wellington (N.z.)
The Sun · Sunday 25 February 1917 · page 2
The Union Co.'s s.s. Mararoa ran ashore at Cape Turakirae, near the entrance to Wellington Harbor, at 9 a.m. to-day in a heavy fog…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lucky Escape Mararoa Runs Ashore Passengers Saved AUCKLAND, Saturday Night
Sunday Times · Sunday 25 February 1917 · page 2
The Mararoa, from Wellington, bound for Lyttleton, went ashore last night in a dense fog at Taurakirae, between Palliser Bay and Penicrarrow Head. She drove ashore on the beach…
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