Perils of the Sea.
NARROW ESCAPE -OF THE SOU- ' ■':-J " r-. '.;■- KAB. ; * •'; ; :. ; BRpACHINa' OARGQ V -.. : PttKSS .ASSOCIATION.); ,(.; ! CHKiSTCHURcn, Weduesday. ■ Jdseph Spencer and' William' Collins,/ two A'.B?s of the ship' ! Sbiikar, were convicted at fche ■ liyttelton Resident Magistrate's Court to-day of broachmg ■; cargo and sen teneod ito six month!s r hard labour . oach.. It appeared, that o\ying to .the. nefarious practice on the voyage out the, ahij) had a narrow escape of being burned at sea. They explored the hold with naked lights, ami once left a candle burning on a case of candles, which was one : -of nearly three hundred such cases, placed just above a large quantity of spirits. The lighted capdle burnt down and charred the case on which it stood, but fortunately the fire did not spread. ,'
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Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 6, 5 June 1885, Page 2
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130Perils of the Sea. Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 6, 5 June 1885, Page 2
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