February 20. An alarming explosion of gas occurred this morning, in the ship Prince Phillippe, of Ostend, then lying in the river at South Shields. The vessel had received a cargo of coals on the 18th, when the hatches had been incautiously fastened down; but in what manner the gas had been ignited was not ascertained. The vessel was reduced to a mere wreck; a sailor, named Mars, was blown to a great distance and drowned in the river, and several of the crew received very serious injuries.
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