A Ship Destroyed by Fire.
CPKB PBKBS ASSOCIATION.) Melbourne, This Day. The American ship Habitant, 1619 tons, was almost totally destroyed by fire. The vessol had discharged her inward cargo, ami was about to sail for Newcastle. Captain Potter, with his wifo and child, had a uarrow escape, getting out of the; cabin just as the flames burst up through the mizzen hatch. The vassel had to be filled with water before the flames were extinguished. Incendiarism is suspected, as there are indications of tho cabin having been robbed.
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Feilding Star, Volume xv, Issue 335, 9 June 1894, Page 2
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89A Ship Destroyed by Fire. Feilding Star, Volume xv, Issue 335, 9 June 1894, Page 2
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