FIRE ON THE IONIC.
Per Press Association. Wellington; May 20. A fire has broken out in the cargo of the lonic which is lying at the railway wharf. She was to have left for London to-morrow. The fire was discovered about noon. It appears to be in the flax stored in the forehold aud is in rather a bad position as there are cabins at the side and over it. Smoke is pouring out of the portholes and other apertures. The fire brigade lias gone down with the steam engine aud the ship’sTioso is playing on the fire which promises to be a serious matter.
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Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9150, 20 May 1908, Page 5
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105FIRE ON THE IONIC. Rangitikei Advocate and Manawatu Argus, Volume XXXIII, Issue 9150, 20 May 1908, Page 5
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