EXPLOSION ON FRENCH BARQUE
SEVERAL MORE CASUALTIES. [By Electric Cable —Copyright.] [ Auat. and N.£. Cable Association.] WASHINGTON, Jan. 5. A message from Baltimore states that 37 of the injured in the explosion on the Richelieu, mostly .negroes, died to-day. Three who are missing are believed to have been trapped by the flames in the hold. The vessel sank to the bottom of the harbour.
An earlier message stated that the explosion occurred while the barque was loading pitch at the Curtis Bay pier, Baltimore. Host of the injured were dock workers.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LII, Issue 3499, 7 January 1927, Page 7
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