FIRE ON A STEAMER.
NEAV YORK, April 9. The steamer Ontario, belonging to tho Merchants' Transportation Company, is in flames off New York Harbour.
The passengers were rescued. The steamer's crew are fighting tho flames, but with little success.
Her cargo of cotton and beer has been jettisoned. Tho captain ran the vessel ashore when the fire started.
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Press, Volume LXVIII, Issue 14326, 11 April 1912, Page 7
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