A NARROW ESCAPE.
■"'■■■■' Wellington, 0ct,27. The steamer Star of the South, tound from Port Chalmers to Greyxnouth, vpufc m here on account of the high 'pressure cylinders having burst when between Jackson's Head and Steven Island at 3.30 yesterday afternoifo. The mate of the steamer had a narrow escape. He was looking through the skyl;-ght at the engine, .aiid just withdrew his head "when the. top. of the cylinder blew off and- : then fell iuto the stoke hole, the firemen narrowly escaping.
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Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1332, 28 October 1884, Page 4
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82A NARROW ESCAPE. Manawatu Times, Volume X, Issue 1332, 28 October 1884, Page 4
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