CABLEGRAMS.
FIRE ON BOARD A STEAMER. DREADFUL LOSS OF LIFE. NEW YORK, Dec. 26.
The name of the Mississipi steamer destroyed by fire was John Hauua. The fire was caused by a passenger letting a lighted cigar fall among the cargo, which was largely composed of bales of cotton, and in an instant theinflamable material was ablaze, and the flames soon obtained a good hold. The lower deck of the steamer was crowded with passengers. Besides those overtaken by the flames and buined to death, about sixty were drowned by jumping into the river.
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Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 329, 29 December 1888, Page 2
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94CABLEGRAMS. Te Aroha News, Volume VI, Issue 329, 29 December 1888, Page 2
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