A Quay Destroyed
CAUSED BY IGNITION OP CREOSOTE
TEN VESSELS IMPERILLED.
HEROIC FIREMEN.
By Cable-Press Association— Copyright Received ill), 9.15 p,m. ti,„ <• t ™ June 10. J. lie fire at Glasgow caused damage to the extent of a quarter of a million, and was due to an accident in re-piling the dock with piles saturated with creosote oil. Boring one with a red-hot iron caused ignition, and the whole of the southern quay, a quarter of a mile long, was ablaze within ten minutes. Of the ten vessels imperilled six escaped from the danger zone. Several firemen and the harbor workers swung hoses aboard the small ferry boat, and, steaming into the blazing dock, poured water on the piles. The four walls around tliem were afire to the water's edge. The quays crumbled away as the flames ate away the supports, and the roofs of the sheds collapsed. The heavy cranes toppled into the water. The fire was ultimately circumvented.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 26, 20 June 1914, Page 5
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159A Quay Destroyed Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 26, 20 June 1914, Page 5
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