OIL STEAMER ON FIRE
MANY KILLED AND INJURED
(Reuter's Telegram.) (Rec. August 13, 5.5 p.m.)
Athens, August 12.
The liner Elefthera (921 tons), from Salonika to Volo, with a cargo of petroleum and 1200 passengers, mostly Greelt demobilised soldiers, caught fire off Skiathos. The boilers exploded. Forty were killed and many injured. The captain succeeded in beaching the vessel.
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Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2849, 14 August 1916, Page 6
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59OIL STEAMER ON FIRE Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2849, 14 August 1916, Page 6
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