Aparima Fire.
By Telegraph—Press Association. Wellington, last night,
The officers of the steamer Aparima state that even after getting into port at Albany the situation was not without great danger. Three explosions took place in the bunker, the hatches on two occasions being blown from their positions almost as high as the funnel. Some two or three days later the fire, after much laborious work, was successfully subdued, and the steamer was able to continue her voyage to Wellington. The deck of the steamer appears to be very badly sprung in different places, and the officers’ cabins are scorched. The bulkhead between holds Nos. 1 and 2 is not tight, and it is assumed as a matter of certaiDty that the cargo in both is much damaged. The quantity involved is about 4000 tons. The electric plant on the steamer was almost completely ruined. The exact amount of the damage will not be known until after discharge.
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Gisborne Times, Volume VIII, Issue 522, 19 September 1902, Page 4
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