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[REUTERS TELEGRAMS.] By Electric Telegraph.— Copyright COLLISION OFF NEWCASTLE. STEAMSHIP MOVEMENTS. GAS MOTORS FOR TRAM CARS. EXPERIMENTS AT FITZROY. (Received May 20, 10.15 p.m.) Sydney, May 20. It is reported from Newcastle that the schooner Grace Lynn collided with the steamer Naomi at that port last night. The Grace Lynn sank shortly after the collision, and her crew were picked up by the Naomi. No lives were lost. Albany, May 20. The P. and 0. Company's Royal Mail steamship Ballarat arrived here this morning, with London mails to April 17. (Received May 21, 1 a.m.) Melbourne, May 20. Sailed, the Uuion Company's steamship Manapouri, for the Bluff, this afternoon. (Received May 21, 2 p.m.) May 21. A series of experiments have been made at Fitzroy with the gas motor. A car containing twenty persons travelled at the rate of 91 miles an hour, and. the trial proved a complete success,
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Kumara Times, Issue 2703, 21 May 1885, Page 2
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