STEAMER ON FIRE
CABLE NEWS
(United Preu Anoeiation—By EUo-\ trie Telegraph—Copyright.)
PASSENGERS RESCUED
CREW FIGHTING THE FLAMES
(Received April 10, 11.30 a.m.)
NEW YORK, April 9. The steamer Ontario, belonging to tho (Merchants and Miners' Transportation Company, is in flames off the harbour. " The passengers have been rescued. The steamer's crew is fighting ihe flames with little success. The cargo of cotton has -been jettisoned. The captain ran the vessel ashore when tho fire started. (The Ontario, built in 1904, is a steel screw steamer of 3082 tons gross. Her'dimensions ar.e; Length 292 ft 2in ; breadth, 42ft 2in; depth" 15ft 9in.)
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10605, 11 April 1912, Page 5
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101STEAMER ON FIRE Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10605, 11 April 1912, Page 5
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