A Ship on Fire.

Manawatu Herald, Volume III, Issue III, 17 January 1891, Page 3

A Ship on Fire.

♦■ The four-masted ship Talavera (Captain Rob3on), which arrived from London on 31st December, after 85 day's passage, caught on fire at Sydney ou Wednesday. The fire commence! under the forehutoh, but owing t th? dense s uoka th • fir m n wore v mbe to desce:.d iut» the hoi 1 1 • grapple wi,h the flam s. The who'e of the low r hod between the <bre and mai:i hatches was burn. The vessel and remaining portiou of the cargo id valued at £85,000. She is owned by Messrs John Hardie and Co., of Glasgow, and is an exceptionally fine specimen of marine architecture The fire htis been extinguished. The Sydney portion of the cargo was dischaiged prior to the fire. The Newcastle consignment principally suffered. The fire is supposed to have originated in a sh'pment of wax in itches. The remaining portion of the cargo has been greatly damaged by water, but it is impossib'e to compute the exact amount at present. Nearly 700 tons of cargo in the ship Tulavera were found to be more or less injured after the fire was subdued. The heat also caused some of her pla es to buckle. The dam ige to th.c ves3el is estimated at £3000. The amount is covered by ! insurance in London.—Press Assosiation