FIRE AT SEA.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XVI, Issue 5048, 11 June 1895, Page 2

FIRE AT SEA.

Received, June 10, 9 p.m. Memoukxe, Juno 10, Particulars have been received of b he destruction by fire at sea of the hip Salsetto, 1614 tons, which left joiulon on March 11th, for Mellourno. " The lire was discovered in the ° ower hold on the moraine: of April ° .7th,aud spread with great rapidity. } Several of the crew were over- " somo in attempting to roach the sent of the outbreak. a Tho cargo included a quantity of " jnu-powder,but with great difficulty l 1 ihis was brought up on deck and ? .brown ovet-board. 3 Portions of the decks became so iotj that it was impossible to stand fi m them, so the boats were got out '- iml provisioned and used as a refuge r for tho officers and crew, relays '' joins; aboard to fight the flames. Tho men worked yigorously all through the day and night, but the lire gained steadily, and on the after- f noon of the 18th, tho flames burst \ through the decks in several places, i Shortly after the ship Miltiades j bound to Port Pirie, bove in sight , and picked up Captain Panton and ' thecrew, who weio preparingto stmt in boats for the nearest land, about lifteen hundred miles distant. When abandoned at night-fall the Salsotte was one mass of flames; and when sighted next day her masts j had gone, but the hull was still burning fiercely. Her hull, beingconstrucjed of iron it is believed, would hold together : lor a long time and form a serious : menace to shipping. Tho Miltiades landed the officers and crow at Capetown. GENERAL INTELLIGENCE. HcceimN itne 11,10.10 u.m. Loxuox, JunolO. The Gothic has arrived at Ply. mouth. Her chilled meat is reported to bo in good condition, ft has now been ascertained that there were no deaths among the Port Victor's cattle which were specially solected. These were a hundred stone each, dressed. Thirteen of tho others were bad in the Red Sea. Croat Britain has appointed a special Consul to watch affairs in Bitlis, which is situated near the scene of the recent atrocities in Armenia. Rome, Juue 10. Sigtiov Temire, formerly UnderSecretary for Foreign Affairs, who was wounded by a Socialises sucoumbed. SIIAXGHAI, JuilO'lo. It is feared the rioters in Cheng, hui have massacred the missionaries thore. The telegraph wires have been cut and it is therefore impossible to obtain confirmation.