FIRE ON REMUERA.
MAIL MATTER DAMAGED. (THE PRESS BjhkUl Service.] WELLINGTON, January 10. ' A fire took place on the Eemuera during the recent passage from London. The outbreak was discovered on December £3rd, two days after the ship left Panama. On the afternoon of that dav smoke was observed coming from one of the forward ventilators, and the fire wag located amongst the Christmas mail in No. 2 hold. The outbreak was ex. tinguished in a Bhort time. The extent of the damage to the mail had not been ascertained up to the time of arrival here to-day. No letters were destroyed, the mail matter in No. 2 hold consisting chiefly of packages. During the extinguishing operations the ship was stopped. The opinion wag expressed by an officer of the ship that the fire was caused by the spontaneous ignition of some substance in one of the packages. Pine weather prevailed at the time, and there was no excitement.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18896, 11 January 1927, Page 8
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159FIRE ON REMUERA. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18896, 11 January 1927, Page 8
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