LEAKY OIL FUEL TANK.
CAUSES A FIRE ON H.M.S. CAESAR. By Telegraph.—Press Association—Copyright London, January 8. A firo occurred on the battleship Caesar, H,900 tons displacement, at Devonport. Tho outbreak was caused by ■ a leaky oil-fuel tank.' A desperate effort was made to prevent the flames reaching tho magazines.
Burning oil clung to everything, but the fire was beaten out with great difficulty.
A party stood in readiness to flood the magazines. '■
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1333, 10 January 1912, Page 5
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72LEAKY OIL FUEL TANK. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1333, 10 January 1912, Page 5
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