EXPLOSION OF PETROLEUM.
A VESSEL WRECKED. London, July 21. A cargo of petroleum caught fire off Baku, on the Caspian Sea The oil exploded and the vessel was completely wrecked. The crew took to the boats but six were killed and many injared by flying fragments before they got out of reach.
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Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 173, 24 July 1888, Page 3
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52EXPLOSION OF PETROLEUM. Gisborne Standard and Cook County Gazette, Volume II, Issue 173, 24 July 1888, Page 3
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