STEAMER AFIRE.
WHILE DISCHARGING AT AUCKLAND.
FIVE MEN OVERPOWERED. j I [rtn JUIKSS ASSOCIATION. —COFYBIGHT.] i AUCKLAND, This- Day. < A fire broke out last evening in the hold of a steamer now at Auckland. It had been smouldering for some time. Men had been engaged during the day discharging cargo with a view to reaohing the burning material. An hour after they stopped work a volume of smoke issued from the hutch. The City Fire wer summoned and holes were cut in tho deck . Through several of these and tho hatch water was poured into tho hold. Towards midnight tho fire appeared to have been abated but the Brigade ] continued its operations with a view to flooding the burning cargo. , Four firemen, Penny, Gennel, hrost, Anderson, and a waterside worker, j Simms, who entered the hold, were j overtime by smoke and had to be j removed to the hospital. None |oro , eomsidared to b® in a serious condition;
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 September 1917, Page 2
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159STEAMER AFIRE. Hokitika Guardian, 25 September 1917, Page 2
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