WHEN A SHIP'S CARGO TAKES FIRE.
The successful carrying out of • a brilliant and novel idea in the case of a ship on fire at sea reflects the greatest credit upon Captain Sam. Jackson, who was in command of the American ship John Kay. When two weeks out her cargo was discovered to be on fire. The captain at once heeled the ship over by hauling her on the wind, and sent the carpenter over the weather side to bore a number of holes which would he helow the water line when he put about. He then tacked ship, submerging the holes, and so got a stream of water into the hold which put out the fire. The ship was again tacked, ijie holes plugged up—not, of course, without difficulty—and she was then put hefore the wind, pumped out, and eventually taken into port.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 368, 10 June 1911, Page 2
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144WHEN A SHIP'S CARGO TAKES FIRE. King Country Chronicle, Volume V, Issue 368, 10 June 1911, Page 2
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