FIRE ON WOOLSHIPS.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1854, 7 September 1906, Page 3

FIRE ON WOOLSHIPS.

1»H1!SS ASSOCIATION

Christohurcb, yesterday. At tho Wool Commission of Inquiry Oap'ain Alexander MncDjugall, m ,rino supirintendent of Iho Bhaw, Savill Company, raid thoro worn iiyo stores under his supuvision, at Lyttelton, Timaru, Port Ohalmors, Dunedin, and Bluff. Hj had had no i xporieneo of osrgo fi f os in sailing ship days. Much of the wool carried was received from coastal steamers, und was dumped on deck, tho bains being slightly wi tby tho sea water. It was in tho sun fora [■ w days. Any that was seriously

damp was sent itshoro for rroondiiioning, bromso it would not soil well if damaged. Ho had known damp wool subjected to dripping water for 150 days, and tho water penetrated half through tbo ba'o. Tho woo! was a littlo heated, and the owners wete satisfied with it. Wool that waß wet on coastal yossola probably dried in a few days. Ho bad never known wool to bo seiiously heatod on the voyegi to England It was probable tbo boat never oxoeeded 90 degrees. Bad tarpaulins on the railways oaused trouble. Flax and wool were somitmis stowrd on tho samo ship, separated by battens. Wool and tallow wore also so sopaiatod. Tho men in tho stores hid instructions to report oases of heated or damp bales, and vory dernp ours were rout back to tho ownera to bo reconditioned. Bairs slightly damp would probably bo shipped.