CABLE BRIEFS.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXIX, Issue 3763, 13 April 1907, Page 3

CABLE BRIEFS.

Adelaide, April n

The steamer Alabama, oil-laden, from Sumatra, had a narrow escape from destruction by fire while abreast of Java. Two ot the Chinese crew, without orders, entered the forepeak with a naked light. A terrific explosion of naphtha gas followed, causing a fire which was only prevented from reaching the hold, where a quantity of benzine was stored, by vigorous measures taken by the crew. The Chinese who were responsible for the explosion were shockingly burned, and died.

There is a little doubt that the fishing cutter Wanderer has been lost off Kangaroo Island, at the mouth of the Gulf of St. Vincent (South Australia), with three hands.

Hobart, April 11

The Paparoa encountered a hurricane during her voyage from Capetown, the passengers being battened down. One of the stewards died last night.

Perth, April 11

The schooner Harriet Constance with five hands, which left Fortescuefor Cossack on March Bth, is missing.

Sydney, April 11

A case of plague is reported from Waterloo. The victim is the son of a man who recently died from the complaint. A plague rat was found on a steamer trading to the Northern rivers.

Brisbane, April 10. Two cases of plague are reported. Morocco, April 10.

The ringleader of the party implicated in M. Charbonnier’s murder in June last, at Tangier, when, although the culprits were known, no action was taken by the Moorish authorities, has been arrested at Tangier. London, April xi.

Dr Kenna, of Samara, is making an urgent appeal in England and America for £500,000 to preserve twenty-seven million people in South-Western Russia from starvation and a lingering death.

Lisbon, April 11

Some tenement houses in Lisbon were burnt and 13 persons perished in the flames. Two were killed by jumping from windows. The majority of the victims lived on the fourth and fifth floors.

A tenant is suspected of arson, his furniture being insured above its value.