A PIONEER STEAMER.
t BURNING OF THE BEAUTIFUL STAR.. IT TIL2QItAPn"~PKHSS ASSOCIATION —COPTRIGHT. ■ . Hobart, Decembor 27. The ; steamer Beautiful Star, 146 tons net, which .caught firo yesterday while lying alongside .the whaling barque Derwent Hunter—with "the result^ tjiat both vessels were speedily* destroyed—was'jwiell.j-known in New Zealand-in'the ■earlyjdaysy,:: u. The; Derwent'Hfunter wa!s -ToVmerly known as the North America. She was built in tho United 1 ! States ;in ' 1810 (? ),.; and came to Australian waters in 1859. - She was seriously . damaged in a hurricano oil.the New Zealand coast in 1860y put into Hobart, and has -re*.mauled in the colonial trade ever since.
' There- seems to be no . doubt that the Beautiful -Star, is; thej6tcamcr of! that name , which was taken-over by the Union; Company when the- latter was formed to. acquire the little of a Dunedin shipping company. These two for three steamers formed the nucleus of tha TJnioii;,Company's, fleets and the Beautiful Star was,' therefore, an illustrious pioneer. The dates attributed• to the Derwent -Hunter seem to be incorrect.
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 80, 28 December 1907, Page 5
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167A PIONEER STEAMER. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 80, 28 December 1907, Page 5
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