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Shipwrecks & the sea, 1918

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German Steamer Posen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 12

The Sydney Chamber of Commerce has received a communication from the London Chamber of Commerce in respect to the cargo ex the German steamer Posen at Rio de…

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The German Raider See Adler, Recently Wrecked in the South Pacific

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 9 January 1918 · page 23

The debris on the deck. A gun on the deck of the raider. Ashore at Mopeha, one of the Society Islands…

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Lighthouse Ketch Sold Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 10 January 1918 · page 5

Federal Government approval has been given to the sale of the lighthouse ketch Alcairo to James Bell and Co., of Melbourne, for £2352…

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Lighthouse Ketch Sold

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 11 January 1918 · page 2

News received from Melbourne states that the Federal Government have approved of the sale of the light-house ketch Alcairo to Messrs. James…

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Steamer Posen

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 8

The Sydney Chamber of Commerce has received, through the Associated Chambers of Commerce, copies of correspondence supplied by the Department of Trade and Customs…

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Spanish Steamer Sunk

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 7

A Madrid message states that the Spanish steamer, Joaquin Mumbru (2703 tons, was torpedoed 70 miles from Madeira. The captain and 22 of the crew are missing. Eighteen…

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Lost Overboard Man Missing from Steamer

The Sun · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 3

Captain Nicholson, of the steamer Burring bar, reported to the Navigation Department to-day that on Thursday, the 10th inst., a man was lost overboard just about 10 minutes…

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Spanish Steamer Sunk. Captain and 22 Men Missing. London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 5

A report from Madrid states that the steamer Joaquin Mumbru (2703 tons) was torpedoed 70 miles from Madora. The captain and 22 of the crow are missing…

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Insult to Spain Steamer Sunk by U-Boat LONDON, Sunday Night

The Sun · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 1

A Las Palmas message states that a boat containing the first officer and 18 survivors of the Spanish steamer Joaquin Mumbrul (2703 tons) has arrived. The vessel was…

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Destroyer Wrecked. All Lives Lost. London

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 January 1918 · page 5

The Admiralty announces:--"The destroyer Racoon was wracked and foundered on January 9 during a snowstorm off the north coast of Ireland…

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Disappeared From Steamer

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 3

During the last trip of the North Coast S.N. Company's steamer Burringhar to the Richmond River, a passenger mysteriously disappeared overboard…

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Another Luckenbach Steamer Attacked

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 2

Cable advices received from Washington state that information has been received that the crew of the American steamer J. Luckenbach fought a…

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The State Steamer Kangaroo

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 15 January 1918 · page 7

News received from Perth states that in connection with the reported commandeering of the State motor ship Kangaroo, the Premier (Mr…

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Derelict in Pacific. Supposed American Schooner

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 9

Between Tulagl, in the Solomon Group, and Nauru, one of Burns, Phlip, and Company's island steamers recently sighted what was supposed to be a derelict drifting in the Pacific,…

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Struck Amidships. American Steamer's Fate

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 January 1918 · page 11

A report was received in New York that the steamer Texan, 8615 tons, was reported, sinking at sea. A vessel which arrived at an Atlantic…

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Dutch Steamer Sunk

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 7

A message from Madrid states: The Dutch steamer Atlas-de-Royal was torpedoed near Port Cabras in the Ca[?]aries. Twenty-nine of tho crew were saved…

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Steamer Texan Safe. New York

Evening News · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 1

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Seven Pounds of Opium Chinese Steward Alleges Theft Brought Ashore at 3 A.M.

The Sun · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 5

Charles Ernest Beale, a comparatively young man, appeared at the Darlinghurst Quarter Sessions to-day, before Judge Fltz hurdlnge, to answer a charge of having…

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Wreckage Sighted

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 January 1918 · page 5

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.--A steamer from oversea on arrival here reported having sighted a derelict on December 27 in latitude 33dog. south and longitude 173deg. cast…

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