INTERCOLONIAL.
[By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.] [Reuter's Telegrams.] BURNT AT SEA. BRISBANE, September 5. News to hand from Normanton reports the loss of the barque Rockhampton, of 417 tons, Captain Kellin, 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 she had on board as part of her cargo, which exploded and blew the vessel to pieces.
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Evening Star, Issue 6700, 7 September 1885, Page 2
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72INTERCOLONIAL. Evening Star, Issue 6700, 7 September 1885, Page 2
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