A Harrow Escape.
Calcutta has narrowly escaped from a fire of unparalleled magnitude The ship Aurora with thirty thousand cases of kerosene was totally destroyed by fire m the river, and the shipping narrowly escaped being ignited, the change of wind saving the other vessels. The scene as the ship sank and the uncon^umed cases were seen to be afloat, is described as wonderful. The river appeared to be on fire, while the cases exploded with the sounds of volleys of musketry, and a thick cloud of black smoke bung over the town. Luckily, the " slant " of the wind carried the oil towards the shore while such portions of the naming material as floated up the river were broken up and intercepted. But that the shipping of the great seaport should owe its escape from, perhaps, total destruction to the opportune accident of a change of wind, would seem to show the existence o£ some defect m the arrangements connected with the kerosene trade.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 155, 29 May 1884, Page 2
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164A Harrow Escape. Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 155, 29 May 1884, Page 2
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