STEAMER ON FIRE.
THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF A' PANTRYMAN.
By Telegraph—Press AssociationCopyright.
MELBOURNE,. Sept. 12
A fire, which quickly assumed alarming proportions, occurred on tho steamer Pilbarra last night, being apparently due to spontaneous combustion of a quantity of nitre in the forehold. The flames spread so rapidly that the pantryman, White, who was imprisoned, was only rescued through a hole being cut in the upper deck just as the flames scorched his back. The fire subsided almost as rapidly as it began. The cargo in No. 1 hold was practically burnt out. The amount of damage is unknown.
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Gisborne Times, Volume X, Issue 994, 14 September 1903, Page 3
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