BURNED AT SEA.
(per press association.)
SYDNEY, April 5.
Intelligence is to hand that tbe barqne Corinth, bonnd from Launceston to London, has been burned at Ben. All hands were saved.
SYDNEY, April G.
The crew of the Corinth were resoued by tbe steamer Fifesfaire.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 5
The barque Kins James, of 2200 tous, Captain Drummond, whioh leftNewcaßtle (N..5.W.) with a cargo of coal for here, on December 23rd, has been burnt at sea, 200 miles west of this poit.
The fire on board tbe barque King James bagan on March 19. The orew fought with it for 11 days, when an explosion took place. The hull only floated long enough to enable the crew to escape ia the boatß. One containing the mate, two apprentices, and 13 of the crew reached Point Conception on Monday; the other, containing the captain, his son, two apprentices! and 18 of the orew has not been beard of since. The gale on
Saturday separated the boats.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XX, Issue 2395, 6 April 1893, Page 2
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165BURNED AT SEA. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XX, Issue 2395, 6 April 1893, Page 2
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