£1,000,000 FIRE AT LIVERPOOL.

Taihape Daily Times, 2 September 1919, Page 5

£1,000,000 FIRE AT LIVERPOOL.

SI-lIP’S HURRIED DEPARTURE. I Damage estimated at cofiderably in excess of £1,000,000 was caused on Monday by one of the most destructive dock fires ever experienced at Liverpool’Doeks. Originating through of turpentine stored in one of the of turpentine tored in one of the berthing sheds appropriated to the Furness Wftrry Line in Alexander Dock, there was from the outset not the remotest chance of coping With the fire.: All that could be done was lto. check its spread. As it was, two large warehouses, besides the quay sheds, were speedily enveloped and totally destroyed. Five large ships in dock, as well as a number of small craft, had to make a. hurried departure, and seek refuge in the -adjoining Hornby Dock_ With one exception they escaped the flames. The Nolina, however, caught fire, and her crewehad an exciting struggle before they ‘mastered the outbreak.