KINGSTON DOCK ON FIRE

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2181, 20 June 1914, Page 5

KINGSTON DOCK ON FIRE

WHOLE SOUTHERN QUAY ABLAZE

DAMAGE £260,600 POUR SCHOQHERS AND A mm wmmwt By Telctrajjli—yrws Association—Cfljatfißlrt : (Rcc. June 19j 9,].g j>,tn,) London, Juno 18. fiWoe hundred and sixty yards of Wis quays on the soittQi side Wkl pfety yards of wharfage on the east sido of the Kingston Ksdt, ©ksgftsv, -eoliansed.' as to result .of a (ire that ha* seen raging throughout the day, t Two ttousahd barrels of seal oil fell: into tlio water. lira dock was destroyed, and -fourwhoßiters and %, steam yuch* were burnt. Throe .sailors are missing, A. number of houses were ignited, but the onthreisljs were extinguished. The damage is estimated at, a qatsrterirf a uri'flioii. The tire was due to an n-.eeident while repihug was being .carried on «t the. dock. The piles wtife -s&tuwtted with' creosote oil, aiwl while boring oho with: it red .hot iron it took, tiro atii oaiisefl the ignition «f ftp ivhple fct. 'The so* fern quay, a quarter of a mile -lows,: was ablaze within tea minutes-.' Of ten vessels which «cro imperilled, six. escaped from the danger zone. Several firemen snd harbour work* fti-s swung hoses aboii-M tin?, -small i'erry boats, and steaming jitta the 'blazing, dock jroirved water Ofi the piles, the four waits uroimd theiji ftei<e afire to the waters e<lg<*. . Tlio quays crumbled awa.v «.&• the futiiKSi ate at tho wipporte, tlio. Joofe of the sheds collapsed, and hea-tfy cranes J toppled iisto the water. Ulthtoitejy the. lire Vas got u.u.d«- ! control.