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Tuesday, 21 July 2015

German ship Arcturus burnt off Iquique, Chile according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad dated 14 November 1895

An item dated Bremen, Germany referred to a telegram reporting that the German ship Arcturus captain Bonhorst loaded with 1.400 ton saltpetre lying in the roads of Iquique, Chile was lost by fire. What caused the fire was unknown. Her crew was saved.