BOILER EXPLOSION
YANGTZE RIVER STEAMER
OVER 150 PERISH
■ SHANGHAI, January 25. A river disaster is reported from Hankow. The Chinese steamer Weitung, plying on the Yangtze River, caught fire, causing a boiler explosion which precipitated more than 200 passengers into the- icy waters. The ship sank almost immediately. Tho death-roll exceeds 150. Many wero incinerated or suffocated.
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Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1934, Page 7
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57BOILER EXPLOSION Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 22, 26 January 1934, Page 7
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