STEAMER OVERDUE
-©■ INTERNAL EXPLOSION FEARED. SOME TROOPS ON BOARD. Presn Association—By Telegraph—Copyright. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. MELBOURNE, August 15. (Received Aug 16, at 0.20 a.m.\ The Navy Office reports that the BurnsPhilip steamer Matunga (1618 tons), en route from Sydney to Rabaul, is seven days overdue. ' 'It is feared that she has been lost as the result of an internal explosion. She carried a small military detachment for Rabaul.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 17084, 16 August 1917, Page 4
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