OIL FUEL STEAMER ON FIRE.
. 0 ENVELOPED IN,FLAMES. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyrfeh San Francisco l ''-'Augtist72.';- ■\ fire broke -out on the- passcnge: steamer J. A. Kilborn, when off the coas last night. A few of the passengers wen -injured. . '" ■ 1 While an oiler was replenishing fue oil from the tanks he slipped, and a fin broko out. The ventilators fanned th< blaze, which enveloped the ship. , The wireless operator, who was send ing calls for help, was driven from tli room by smoke and flames. The crew worked all night and save* the ship from sinking. She then limpei to tho harbour of Eureka, in California Two years ago the J. A. Kilborn. wa burnt to the waterline. '
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1510, 5 August 1912, Page 5
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117OIL FUEL STEAMER ON FIRE. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1510, 5 August 1912, Page 5
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