FIRE ON THE RAKAIA.
DISCHARGING THE CARGO 'By Electric Telegraph—Copyright' [United Press Association.! Albany. August 20. The sent of the fire on the Rakai is on the starboard side of No. 3 hold Thorn was another outbreak in tin lower crcsshead bunker. The Claytop,a tent fire-extinguisher was used b; men working with smoke-proof hoi mots. The hold contained To,ooo bag of wheat, a good deal of which, includ ing 500 damaged bags, has been discharged into hulks. Iho damage h not known yet.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 91, 21 August 1913, Page 5
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83FIRE ON THE RAKAIA. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 91, 21 August 1913, Page 5
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