A FIRE ON A STEAMER.
NARROW ESCAPE FROM DESTRUCTION. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright Albany, Oct. ‘2ft. Arrived, steamer Hcathdeane, bound from New York to Dunedin. She reports that a lire broke out on October 17th in the coal bunkers. It penetrated the bulkhead, and reached the hold, containing i!f>,ooo cases of kerosene. The hole was Hooded, and after six days’ labor the kerosene was removed. Tho narrow escape the ship had from destruction was evidenced by the fact that the wooden portions of the kerosene cases in the vicinity of the outbreak of the lire were burned away.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 250, 30 October 1901, Page 2
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97A FIRE ON A STEAMER. Gisborne Times, Volume VI, Issue 250, 30 October 1901, Page 2
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