Rodondo Wreck Death of Rescuer Douglas
The Globe and Sunday Times War Pictorial · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 5
An unrecorded incident in the sea-life of the late Captain Fred Douglas, erst of the Grace Darling, at the time of the wreck of the s.s. Rodondo, about 1894, is given by Perth Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Call to Dominions South Africa's Envoy Botha Urged to Go Appeal to Australia "Not to Wreck" 165th Day of the Third Year of the War. LONDON, Sunday Night
The Sun · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 1
It is believed that the Government has strongly represented to the Dominions the difference between the proposed Empire War Council and past Imperial conferences…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 15 January 1917 · page 4
BRISBANE, Saturday.—The sailing boat Ruby, formerly the widely-known 22-footer Bulletin, was wrecked et Cape Gloucester, near Bowen, in a gale on December 26. The Bulletin had a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shipping War. Danish Steamer Captured
The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 5
COPENHAGEN, Monday.--The "Skanska Aftonbludet," published at Malmo, Sweden, states that a German destroyer captured the Danish steamer Thyra in Swedish waters…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wreck of an Old Sydney Trader. The Ever-Memorable Romanoff
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 2
Memories of the days of the stately windjammer will be vividly recalled by the news of the loss of the famous iron barque Romanoff, particulars of which…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 16 January 1917 · page 6
The ship Romanoff, a well-known Australian trader, has been wrecked. News of the disaster reached Sydney yesterday. The vessel was bound from Savannah to Copenhagen. She…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 7
LONDON, Tuesday.--The steamer Minnesota (3,216 tens), has been sunk in collision…
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Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 11
When the Adelaide Company's steamer Nardoo was leaving Newcastle on January 10, with 5000 tons of coal aboard for Port Pirie, her steering gear broke down and the tow line…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 17 January 1917 · page 12
The steamer Minnesota, of 20,718 tons, belonging to the Great Northern Steamship Company of New York, has been sunk in a collision…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 11
Burwah, from Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →German Raider. Said to Be Named Moldavia, Belgian Steamer's Experience. New York, Wednesday Night
Evening News · Thursday 18 January 1917 · page 7
The Belgian steamer Samland, on occuring here, reported that she was balted by a German raider, hearing the name Moldavia, 100 miles from the West cost of Ireland, on…
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Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2
The Belgian steamer Samland, on arriving at New York, reported that she was stopped by the German raider Moldavia, 400 miles off the West Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Steamer Sunk. London, Thursday Night
Evening News · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 5
The British Steamer Garfield, sale tone, has been sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Cargo Steamer Gone Port Nicholson Valuable Cargo Lost Melbourne
The Sun · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 5
News of the sinking of the steamer Port Nicholson was announced in Melbourne today. The vessel left Townsville on November 28,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Western Front. Successful Raids. Enemy Dugouts Wrecked. Heavy Losses Inflicted. London, Jan. 18
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 7
Field-Marshal Sir Douglas Haig reports as follows regarding the campaign along the Western front: This morning, after a heavy bombardment, we occupied a line…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Steamer Yarrowdale Safe. [?]
Evening News · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 1
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Continued on Trove, page 1 →Port Nicholson. C. and D. Steamer Sunk. Homeward Bound From Australia. All Passengers' Safely Disembarked
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 13
The Sydney Marine Underwriters and Salvage Association, Ltd., has received the following cable message:—"Port Nicholson sunk; war loss."…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Twelve Airships Wrecked last Year
The World's News · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 2
NINETEEN German airships have now been definitely reported to have been wrecked during the war, and of these the following 12 were lost during last year:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Steamer Sunk London, Sunday Night
The Sun · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 5
The Norwegian steamer Gaea, 1002 tons, has been sunk…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Steamer Brings £320,000. Cost £1500 Few Years Ago
Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2
Advices from London state that a vessel has just been sold for 200 times her value several years ago. As a shipping investment, the deal…
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