The Soukar Nearly Burned at Sea
(PKB UNITED FBESS ASSOCIATION). Chbistchubch, June 3. | Joseph Spencer and William Collins, two A.B.'a of the ship Sonkar, were conricted at the Lyttelton Resident Magistrate's Court to-day of broaching cargo, and sentenced to six months' hard labour each. It appeared that •wing to the nefarious practise on the voyage «m k the ship had a narrow escape of being burnt at sea. They explored the hold with naked lights, and once left a candle burning •■ a case of caudles, which was one of nearly three hundred such case*, placed just above a large quantity of spirits. The lighted candle burnt down and charred the ease on which it stood, but fortunately the fire did not spread .
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Feilding Star, Volume VI, Issue 150, 4 June 1885, Page 2
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