FIRE ON THE REMUERA.
OUTBREAK IN MAIL MATTER. KO LETTERS DESTROYED. (Special to Dailj Times.) WELLINGTON, January 10. A fire took place on the Rerauera charing the recent passage from London. - Lhe outbreak took place on December 23, two days after leaving Panama. On the afternoon of that day smoke was observed coming from one of the forward ventilators, and the fire was located amongst the Christmas mail in No. I hold. It was extinguished in a short time. The extent of the damage to the mail had not been ascertained up to the time of arrival here to-day. No letters were destroyed, the mail matter in No. 2 hold consisting chiefly of packages. During the extinguishing operations the ship was stopped. The opinion was expressed by an officer of the ship that the fire was caused by the spontaneous ignition of some substance in one of the packages. line weather prevailed at the time, and there was no excitement.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19994, 11 January 1927, Page 10
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