A Ship Blown to Pieces
A terrific explosion «f 175 packages of dynamite, one case of detonators, and 70 paokages of lithofraoteur, took" plaoe about, three o'clock on Saturday. . morning, September 5, on board the •■ barque Boekhampton, at Kimberley, '" on the north coast :of Queensland. The vessel was blown to atoms, and not a vestige of her timbers could be .. found when daylight broke. Accord^ ing to a .telegram frbto Normanton,' the crew whilst discharging oai^o tfeb •? day before, became aware of theVfocjiu: that there was a large quantity'^i* powder on board, and, cougequently^ refused to unload the vessel^ aqd:. abandoned her* The oaptaiii, y Qi>- : Killen; appears to Have followed the . same . course. The _ oourse of -the - - explosion is not slated.* "The Rock-"' hampton was a well-appointed barque " of 417 tons register. On July 20th ■he left' Sydney with 600 tons of ; general cargo fully insured. The owners wilT4>e heavy losers," for "the rossel was. uninsured. The cargo, ■' however, was insured in various offices for £4467. . ,; '
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Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 46, 26 September 1885, Page 2
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167A Ship Blown to Pieces Feilding Star, Volume VII, Issue 46, 26 September 1885, Page 2
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