FIRE ON SHIP
OUTBREAK in BUNKERS.
(By Telegraph — Per Press Association'*
■WELLINGTON, May 9
Shortly after the Shaw, Sovill am Albion, eteamer “Tairoa” left Lyt telton yesterday morning for Nelson, ; fire was not: ed in the coal bunkers The master of tlie “Tairoa,” Captai: J. E. Graystin, tonght it. advisable t( put into Wellington as a prsjauuonai; measure. However,, the ship's fire fighting appliances were instrument a in getting the fire under control before -port wa-s reached. At £.30 p.m. th “Tairoa” berthed at Pipitea Wharf, and the bunker coal affected by the outbreak was discharged to-day. Tin vessel will leave Wellington to-morrow afternoon for Nelson.
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 May 1932, Page 2
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