LATEST INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVAL OF THE COMBINED FLEET AT RAGUSA. THE GREAT COLLIERY EXPLOSION.
137 LIVES LOST. TRICKETT AND LAYCOCK. London, 10th September. Information has been received that the combined fleet, under the command of Admiral Seymour, which sailed for the Austrian port Bagusa, in the Adriatic, at the beginning of the month, ha 3 now arrived at its destination. The squadron is composed of vessels of the navieß of all the Powers except France. Further details have been received of the explosion which took place in the Seaham Colliery, in Durham, yesterday. Over 200 miners were in the pits at the time of the accident, and 137 have since perished. Of the remainder, 67 have up to the present been saved. Laycock and Trickett are now both at Newcastle. They rowed on the Tyne yesterday, and were watched by a number of spectators from the banks of the river. By the critics who were present, their pulling is considered faulty. The steamship City of Richmond, of the Inman line, by which Hanlan is a passenger, from New York, has arrived in a disabled state.
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Evening Post, Volume XX, Issue 213, 11 September 1880, Page 2
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184LATEST INTELLIGENCE. ARRIVAL OF THE COMBINED FLEET AT RAGUSA. THE GREAT COLLIERY EXPLOSION. Evening Post, Volume XX, Issue 213, 11 September 1880, Page 2
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