FIRE ON KAIKOURA.

Shannon News, 10 April 1923, Page 4

FIRE ON KAIKOURA.

WOOL AND FLAX CARGO , ENDANGERED. PREPARATIONS AT AUCKLAND. r. .. i . / -: , - AUCKLAND, Last Night.t .. a wireless f ? om the, bound from- Wellington to- Auckland, states' . that ' -a' fird lxdd broken" but in No. 4 hold, but was !?nder ; cpntrol/The message was.sent when the vessel 1 waSi off the East Cajpe ht i; 4 'b’biock i this morning; The hold is loaded Vith» wool, and tallow from South Island* ports, and has not been opened for some time. . • . - >

' 1 . . * 'T" ' • The/Kaikoura is. expected to arrive shortly after eleven. The last mes- : sage l frohi 'the stekmefT seht at ? 4 o’clock, rstated that thehatches! had been closed and were .smouldering"’ and that the hid beefi 1 steady sihfce' C, l" pirn. 7 The -'Officers? did! not r anticipate a further, ‘ outbreak before her arrival.. A fire float and the fire brigade whh;rf; oa 'Gahge of tttieir to unlpad-the; cargo,, jwhije f .the Harbour jplani is ready for action in rekchmg' the heat 1 o'f*the !, fltfe';- ")«. . "" liSrp.4’hold'-'of- the-Kaikoura’ full •fit wool, flsx ! and i ta}low. .-ft4s•BMfatec#® damage ‘" will lie 'con-' siderableiNiAthe smoke is still issuing, from the hold.