THE STEAMER VOSKOPU.
GUARDS FROM THE EMBASSIES. ' THE PORTE'S PROMISES. (Received September 4, 7.43 a.m) CONSTANTINOPLE, September 1 The steamer Voskopu belonged- to the Hungarian-Levant Steamship Company. She was searched for explosive* at Varna. Being laden with timber and coal eho burned rapidly. . ■ .^,;. . (According to cable message of date Seppib^pl, bombs exploded aboard and set 8& to. |B& steamer Voskopu, running from Varij^lJqrgos and Con^ fiUintinople. ThF vefeej, ablaze, was beacned at Menvria. Twenty-four persons were killed, including ihe captain, iwo officers, six of the crew and a number of passengers. The mails for conveyance by the Voskopu were, twenty-four hours late in arriving. Had she started to time the explosion would have occurred at Constantinople.) SaHors from the. despatch boats have been landed 'to protect the Embassies. The Porte promised to Russia the dismissal of twenty-four officials f or malp&ctice, nine were dismissed, three promoted and some transferred elsewhere. ;
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7801, 4 September 1903, Page 2
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