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FIRES ON VESSELS

TWO OUTBREAKS .

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1 fire was discovered at about 2 ft'olock yesterday morning in the bunkers of a vessel in Wellington. Aβ soon as the. outbreak was noticed the officers and crew of the vessel attacked the fire, and in less than two hours, as a result of the sErcmious effort, all dtuiger had been averted. •VESSEL AT LYTTELTON ON FIRE ■ 3y Telp"".n;ili--l > ve«i Association. Chrjstchurch, December U. . A three-masted wooden barquentine, : 'which arrived in New Zoaland waters isomo timo'ago from an overseas port, caught fire at her berth in LyUelton ■this morning, and had to be sunk alongside the wharf. Fortunately, her cargo ihad been unshipped. By 10.20 a great rjimntity of smoke was rolling out of. the ship, but theKood work of the firq-fightors soon told. . The . lame discharging pipa of tho itlredgo Canterbury poured great quan- * titles of water into the barquentino's Jiold, and this find tho leads of water from tho dredge Te Whaka made the burning vessel sink lower and. lower In the water. Gradually the vessel listed over to port, and eventually she nank in 33 feet of water. Tho vessel is held to the jetty by wire ropes, and is in aii upright position. All the vessel's papers have been saved. Apparently the lire started in the middle hold. It is believed, that, ithanks to the quantity of ballast in ]ior unci the thickness of her timbering, ■the vpssnl'i hoVl is nnt greatly damaged, and that she can be refloated and repaired without any extraordinary degree of trouble. ' ■

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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 70, 15 December 1917, Page 11

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FIRES ON VESSELS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 70, 15 December 1917, Page 11

FIRES ON VESSELS Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 70, 15 December 1917, Page 11

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