FIRE ON THE WAIMATE.
(per press association)
NAriEK, December 4,
It is believed that the fire on the s.s. Waimate has practically been got under. At 2 o'clock this afternoon tho hutches were battened down and a hole cut in the iron bulkhead of hold No 4 A pipe was put through and steam driven into the hold. This had the effect of checking the fire, and at 5 p.m. carbolic acid gas was pum;el into the holds. The hatches will be ' opened to-morrow ; but from present appearances it is hoped that the lire has been put out. The steamers Weka and Ahuriri are lying alongside with tho Napier and Spit fire engines on board ready to render assistance, if needed. No estimate of the damage can be made, nor is it known how the fire originated, except that it was amongst the flax in No 4 hold. At 11 p.m. nothing further had transpired, no signals having been given, and no boat having left the vessel.
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Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 5 December 1901, Page 4
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167FIRE ON THE WAIMATE. Greymouth Evening Star, Volume XXXI, 5 December 1901, Page 4
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