ON FIRE

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 32, 1 November 1919, Page 6

ON FIRE

CITY OF WINCHESTJGK PUTS INTO POliT. Tho steamer Oily of Winchester, hound from Waitara. to Melbourne, put into port at G.oO p.m. yesterday with the insulation of the freezing ehambcr of her No. 2 hold on fire. Tho vessel was brought into a berth at the Railway Wharf, and steps were immediately token to cope with the outbreak, which U not considered to be at all serious. All htft night tho Jlarbour Heard stole wim'B at; work with ehemieatl apparatus which appeared to bo easily holding ita own.

Tlic< City of Winchester left Waitara, where file loaded part of her cargo of iuc.il-, Hie remainder having been loaded at LytleUon, at 12.20 p.m. on Wednesday. and wa9 about 3GO miles out from Wellington before slio turned back at noon 011 Thursday. The vessel, -which is 011 her maiden voyage to tluso waters, was* loaded in New lork by the A. aiul A. Line, and arrived ill Auckland on September l(i. She subsequently visited Wellington,■ lytto'.ton, and Puiicdin. Slio was then lianded over 'by t.lie Shaw, Savill, and Albion Company, who loaded her with meat at Lyttelton and Waitara. From Waitara she was 501111? to Melbourne lo complete her homeward lending- with general cargo. Comparatively a new vessel, the City of Winchester was built for the KV.erman Lines, bid., in 191 <• by Messrs.' I'almcr and Co., at Newcastle. She. is a cruiser-stem vessel of "1)51 tons (gross), has a cargo-carrying capacity of 11.250 tons, and when fully loaded displace.? Hi, 800 ions. Hoi- principal dimensions are: Length over all. -IT-l.Uft.. breadth 57.0 ft., and moulded depth M.tflft. Slio is insulated in two 01 her six holds, and has a speed of about 12 knots. <'ipbin K. llopjims is in command, ana has with him the i'o.lowing officers:— t'liicf, Mr. C. Grogorv: second, Mr. T. J!, navies; third. Mr. L. Palmer: chief engineer. Mr. T. \\. Ivcnyou: sreond, Mr. T. Wood: third. Mr. U. G Hnmertnn; fmirlh. Mr. tl. Christie; tiflh. Mr. A. C. I'loodicr: rofrigeraiing engineer, Mr. C. Anderson. 11 will no! be iv«ihle to tell what damage has been don,' unlit the tire is extinguished and ihe fvt'er.';',;; chamber opened. In April le*! vi-v.-. whiU: Ivv.v.o from London to New York, ihe vewl was torpedoed. but was :;Ke ;o v.v.Vv ;vvt and was .<nl>soi»Ui".:i : y ver.\'v<s' '.'lO Tvtie.