BENZINE VESSEL BURNED.
WRECKAGE COMES ASHORE. NO WORD OP THE CREW. HOBART, Sept. 24. A radio message from King Island, at the western entrance ito Bass Strait, reports that a quantity of wreckage came ashore, apparently from a vessel burned, supposed to be the barqucntine Southern Cross, en route to Hobart, whose deck cargo included a ifhousand cases of benzine. The message makes no mention of the crew numbering 12, including Captain Hodgman. Received 1-55 a.m. HOBART, This Day. Further wreckage found has estab- - lished the fact that the Southern Cross i was wrecked, possibly as the result -- of an explosion. The vessel was carry- • ing a quantity of benzine, and it is •* surmised tha". while distress signals *s were being fired the benzine ignited. . A further search is maje.
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Taihape Daily Times, Volume XII, Issue 3587, 25 September 1920, Page 4
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