EXPLOSION ON A STEAMER.
■ m> » THIRTEEN PEOPLE KILLED. By Telegraph -»-Press AißOCifttioh.^CopJtlfehi. (Received August 24, 8,5 a,m.) LONDON, 23rd August. It is reported fi'6m Matndlj in the Congo Free State, that the Germnn steamer Edea was unloading gunpowder, When an explosion occurred, killing three whites, including one of the ship's officers, and ten natives. [The Edea is a steel screw steamer of 2486 tons, built in 1903, and owned by the Hamburg Amerika Company.]
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 47, 24 August 1911, Page 7
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74EXPLOSION ON A STEAMER. Evening Post, Volume LXXXII, Issue 47, 24 August 1911, Page 7
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