BACK TO WORK

Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 61, 3 June 1927, Page 11

BACK TO WORK

SHIP CITY OF KHARTOUM LYING AT PRINCE’S WHARF NEW YORK FIRE RECALLED In January of this year the British freighter Narrow caught fire while in the New York harbour. To-day the City of Khartoum is lying at Prince’s Wharf, Auckland. She is the Karrow renamed and repaired. The City of Khartoum bears no traces of hex* disastrous fire. She is an interesting ship and ready to embark on trips round the world similar to those she did before the outbreak. On January 21 a fire which had been smouldering for some time was discovered in the hold of the ship, and when the hatches were removed the flames broke out with the force of a volcano. Approximitely 1,000,000 dollars worth of damage was done. The after end of the ship settled down into six feet of mud on the bed of the harbour. But it was not the end of the Harrow's career. The vessel was raised and repaired, and now she has arrived from New York on her first voyage since she was recommissioned and renamed tli/3 City of Khartoum. The vessel has journeyed all round the world. Before the fire she traded between New York and India, on to New Zealand and Australia, then to England and back to New York.