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Picked Up At Sea And Towed To Port. COAL CARGO AFIRE. (Australian and X.Z. Press Association.) (Received 10 a.m.) CAPETOWN, August 20. The King Cadwallon, which was abandoned with her cargo of coal afire en route from Durban to Australia, was towed to East London to-day. The derelict was sighted by several steamers, and in consequence of a report the Whaler, tug, picked up the vessel twenty miles out. The cargo was burning but the bulkheads held. The engines are under water and appear intact.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 197, 21 August 1929, Page 7
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