OIL STEAMER ON FIRE.
A CITY LIT lIP. (Received 11.45 a.m.) New York, August 29. The steamer Burgmeister Raenman, is in flames in the Channel. She has on board three thousand tons of crude oil, which is burning, and the whole city is lit by the glare of tho lire.
The fire-boats worked all night fearing an explosion, but it is hoped to sink the vessel before this occurs. Thousands of people lined the water-front, gazing at the remarkable spectacle. The origin of tho outbreak is believed to be a spark generated by the accidental colliding of two tin oil-
cans. Tho crew escaped safely
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 99, 30 August 1913, Page 6
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105OIL STEAMER ON FIRE. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 99, 30 August 1913, Page 6
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