A Serious Calamity Averted.
THE DANGER OF DAMP WOOL. fPKU PBK39 ASSOCIATION! Wellington, July 22. During the stay ofthe Gothic bere an examination was made of some of her wool reported to be heated It was a portion of a consignment of 1014 bales shipped at southern ports and stood on tbe orlop deck. Its dangerous nature wss discovered by the merest chance for it had not been intended to ro handle it, but at the last moment it was decided to remove it into the lower hold to make room for a quantity of other cargo. On the bands being burst open smoke issued from the bales, and the heat inside was so great that the centre wool was actually «corched. Capt. Babot went with the Gothic to Napier to make a further inspection while the vessel lies* ihere. It would have been only a ques tion of a few days before the wool would haye burst out into flames.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 19, 23 July 1894, Page 2
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161A Serious Calamity Averted. Feilding Star, Volume XVI, Issue 19, 23 July 1894, Page 2
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