A STEAMER ON FIRE.
! EXCITTNG EXPERIENCE OP THE CitEW. TEU I'liEss ASSOCIATION . Auckland, J miliary 21. Captain P. MacEiwaiu and the crew of the k.s. Kawau hud an exciting time m (lie curly ] IOUM ot Xuusday. The kawau was moored alongside the Xlangawai wharf, and at half- pnKt two a.m., the Chief Engineer Loil(! WM uwakeucd by flames and smoke entermg his cabin. Ho promptly gave the alarm, and I lie captain, oflu-ers, and crew w ere soon hard at work trying to suppress the (lames. As at first it was impossible to gel into the engine room, the lire having, as it was afterwards ascertained, originated in one of the starboard coal-bunkers, a bucket brigade was formed, When the fire iu the engine-room had been got under by this method, tho donkey engine was got to work pumping fl u ier, which was directed 011 to the scat of lire, soon subduing it. The extcntj of tko damage will not be ascertained until a survey has been made.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8036, 25 January 1906, Page 2
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169A STEAMER ON FIRE. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8036, 25 January 1906, Page 2
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