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DESTRUCTION OF A BARQUE BY FIRE. [EETJTEK'S TEHGBAMS.I (Received September 5, 7.45 p.m.) Beisbanb, sth September. News to hand from Normanton reports the loss of the barque Rockhampion, 417 toDB, Captain Killen, at that place. The vessel took fire and was burnt to the water's edge, her destruction being completed by the ignition of a quantity of dynamite which she had on board, which exploded and blew the vessel to pieces.
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Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 59, 7 September 1885, Page 2
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73Latest Intelligence. Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 59, 7 September 1885, Page 2
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