Ship on Fire in Melbourne.
TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE CARGO. BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. — COPYRIGHT. Ireuter's telegbahs. I Melbourne, 17th September. The barque Mary Blundell, 822 tons, which recently arrivod from Hamburg, while unloadi g at a wharf near the gasworks, took firo at noon to-day, and is now (4 p.m.) still burning. 18th September. Tho fire in tho barque Mary Blundell was extinguished last night, but it is believed that the cargo, which is valued at i 516,000, has been entirely destroyed by fire and water.
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Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 69, 19 September 1887, Page 2
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86Ship on Fire in Melbourne. Evening Post, Volume XXXIV, Issue 69, 19 September 1887, Page 2
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