TO BE BROKEN UP
OLDEST PADDLE STEAMER AFLOAT IN SERVICE FOR EIGHTY-SIX YEARS. (British Official Wireless.) Press Association— By Telegraph—Copyright RUGBY, February 12. (Received February 14, at 8 a.m.) Probably the oldest paddle steamer afloat, namely, the Premier, of 129 tons, which was built in 1846 and for 86 years has been engaged in pleasure trips from Weymouth to south coast resorts, it is reported, shortly be broken up.
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Evening Star, Issue 22882, 14 February 1938, Page 14
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69TO BE BROKEN UP Evening Star, Issue 22882, 14 February 1938, Page 14
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