EXPLOSION AND FIRE.
EXCURSION STEAMER DISASTER. TWO DEATHS, THREE MISSING. \ (United Press Association—-Copyright) (Received This Day, 9.35 a.m.) NEW YORK, July 30. A fire followed an explosion aboard the excursion steamer City of Baltimore, in Chesapeake Bay. The captain was badly burned on the hand. Five coastguard and private boats speeded to the aid of the stricken vessel. Ninety were rescued. Two are dead and five injured. Three are missing. Three navy ’planes are searching Chesapeake Bay for the missing.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 248, 31 July 1937, Page 7
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80EXPLOSION AND FIRE. Ashburton Guardian, Volume 57, Issue 248, 31 July 1937, Page 7
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