STEAMER SUNK.
KENT BY EXPLOSION, SEVENTY-SIX PERISH. A DANGEROUS CARGO. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright. Buenos Aires, June 5. Eighty persons are believed to have perished Ln the sinking of the steamship Villa Franca, on the Parana River, near Posadas. The vessel carried a cargo of naphtha, which ignited and exploded. The vessel sank quickly. Received June 6, 10.30 p.m. Buenos Aires, June 5. Details of the Villa. Franca wreck show that the passengers were roused at one o’clock in the morning, but juift as they rushed on deck the ship was rent asunder by the explosion and sank near the shore. Many of the passengers and crew are still imprisoned below. A revised list shows that seventy-six are dead. — Reuter Service.
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Taranaki Daily News, 7 June 1922, Page 5
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120STEAMER SUNK. Taranaki Daily News, 7 June 1922, Page 5
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