STEAMER’S COAL AFIRE
SILTON HALL ABANDONED IN INDIAN OCEAN RECENT SIMILAR OUTBREAKS SYDNEY, Tuesday. The British steamer Anthea today reached the steamer Silton Hall, which is on fire in the Indian Ocean. She picked up the crew all well, and the Silton Hall was abandoned. The Silton Hall lelt Durban on September 5 for Adelaide. It is believed spontaneous combustion is responsible for the fire, which is among the coal. Recently fires have occurred on other vessels bringing coal to Australia, namely, the King Cadwallon, which was destroyed last July off South Africa, and the steamer Rhymney, which returned to Durban with fires in all her holds. Then a fire broke out on the steamer Knockfierna, which is now at Albany, while a fire occurred on the motor-ship Tricolour in Sydney Harbour after her arrival with Scottish coal.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 777, 25 September 1929, Page 9
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138STEAMER’S COAL AFIRE Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 777, 25 September 1929, Page 9
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