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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1917

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Schooner Ashore. Crew Saved. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 6

The four-misted schooner Kona ran ashore at the Scrapers Kangaroo Island on Saturday morning. The Port Adelaide life saving crew was sent to the seene, and a lifeboat…

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Stranding of a Schooner

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 8

The Shipping Inspector at Townsville recently held a preliminary inquiry into the circumstances, attending the stranding of the schooner…

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Steamer Victory

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 9

Messrs. Huddart, Parker, Limited, are in receipt of a cablegrom from New Zealand advising that the above vessel arrived at Auckland from Sydney at 9 a.m. on Saturday last…

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From Dredge to Steamer

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 2

The Otago dredge Progress was docked at Port Chalmers on Thursday week for survey with a view to having the vessel converted into a cargo…

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Butting on a Ferry Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 4

At the Water Pokice Court yesterday, before Mr. Wikinson, S.M., Leslie, Howell, 32; Samuel Whitman, 35; Arthur Henry Josephs, 24; James Arthur Lazarus, 23; Percy James Rust, 28; James Golden,…

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Japanese Steamer Sold to Spanish Owners

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 8

The Japanese steamer Temiya Maru (ex Saint Jerome), 2946 tons gross, 2139 tons net, carries about 4550 tons deadweight, built by Furness,…

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Mishap to Steamer Buninyong. Rudder Stock Broken

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 4

The Navigation Department received a telegram from the pilot at Yamba, Clarence River Bonds, yesterday, stating that the steamer Buninyong had been sighted disabled. She…

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The Wrecked Speedonia

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 2

The fine four-masted barque Speedonia, one of the latest victims of the Hun pirates, was at the time of her loss on her way to New York,…

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Wreck of the Misima No Further News

The Sun · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 2

Up to 3 p.m. to-day no further news had been received from the scene of the wreck of the island steamer Misima, at East Cape, Papua. Rapid communication is possible…

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Wreck of the Misima. at East Cape, Papua. All Hands Saved

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 4

News was received in Sydney yesterday by wireless of the loss of the steamer Misima, one of Burns, Phlip, and Company's mall steamers employed in the inter-Island trade of the…

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Steamer Drifting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1917 · page 11

The Australian Steamship Co.'s steamer Buninyong, which broke her rudder post on Monday when off the coast bound from Rockhampton to Sydney, is still drifting. The…

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British Steamer Sunk

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1917 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--The British steamer Hurstwood, 1229 tons, has been sunk. Five lives wore lost in the explosion. WELLINGTON, Tuesdsy.--The New Zealand…

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Steamer Sunk. London, Feb. 6

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1917 · page 11

The steamer Hurstwood (1320 tons) has been sunk by an explosion, which killed five persons…

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Steamer Misima. Strikes a Reef

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 7 February 1917 · page 12

Burns, Philp, and Co., Ltd., have received a wireless message from Captain Ewen, master of their inter-island steamer Misime, stating that the vessel went aground…

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The Disabled Buninyong Steamer Standing By

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1917 · page 6

The steamer Buninyong, which was reported off the North Solitary Island on Monday with a damaged rudder stock, is making slow progress down the coast. She was sighted off the…

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War Preparations American Activity. British Steamer Sunk. U.s. Sailor Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 7 February 1917 · page 7

LONDON, Tuesday.--The Admiralty states that survivors of the British steamer Eaveston report that the ship wan sunk by shellfire from a submarine. The crew abandoned the sinking…

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Germany's Insolent Note to America. President Wilson Dismisses Count Bernstorff. United States Ambassador Recalled from Berlin. Intense Excitement among Neutral Nations. American Steamer Sunk by a German Submarine

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 7 February 1917 · page 12

On January 31 tile German Ambassador at Washington presented a Note to the President of the United States announcing that Germany refused to be further bound by her promise not to sink merchant ships without warning. The Note also stated that all vessels, of whatever nationality, found within a certain specified zone would be promptly sunk. Americans were warned against sailing or sending cargo…

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The Wreck of the Misima

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 7 February 1917 · page 2

Messrs. Burns, Philp and Co. yesterday received further particulars concerning the wreck of the steamer Misima. It appears that the vessel…

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