SHIPPING DISASTER.
WRECK OF THE HESTIA. TWO BOATS WASHED ASHORE. United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright. Received October 2S, 8.35 a.m. OTTAWA, October 28. Two boats belonging to the steamer Hestia, which was wrecked in the Bay of Fundy, have been washed ashore. Four bodies were found in the boats, making eighteen lives known to have been lost.
Thirty-four other persons were in the boats when they left the wreck. Their rescue is considered hopeless. ROUMANIAN VESSEL SUNK. TWENTY-ONB DRCWNED. Received October 29, 8.35 a.m. BUDAPEST, October 28. The Russian mail steamer Russo collided with a Roumanian vessel near Galatz, on the Danube. The Roumanian boat sank, the crew, numbering twenty-one all told, being drowned. SUPPOSED SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION. Received October 29, 10.2 a.m. SYDNEY, October 29. Three outbreaks of fire occurred in. the coal bunkers of the steamer Itonus, belonging to the Currie Proprietary of Melbourne. They are sup posed to be due to spontaneous combustion. The damage is not serious.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9636, 30 October 1909, Page 5
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161SHIPPING DISASTER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9636, 30 October 1909, Page 5
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