FIRE ON A STEAMER.
<CITY OP WINCHESTER PUTS BACK. WAITARA CARGO ON BOAHD. ' . \ ' DAMAGE NOT EXTENSIVE. By Telegraph.—Pom Association. Wcllington.Laat NigW. The steamer City of Winchester has returned owing to a fire on board, wiving at Q. 20 p,m. aid berthing imaudiately. The fire is in the iflgulation in No. 2 hold and efforts are being made to extittgiiish it. The temperature in the freezing chamber in being kept down. The vessel turned back at noon on Thursday when 380 miles from Wilington. j. V At the latest report it was faltered the fire was not gaining, and the damage is not expected to.be extensive. [The City of Winchester, 7200 tons, nailed from Waitara at mid-day on Wednesday for Melbourne. She carried cargo for London from Lyttelton and Waitara, consisting of 107,475 carcases of mutton and lamb, 7670 quartets of beef. 2£7 pieces of mutton, and 890 of boned beef.]
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Taranaki Daily News, 1 November 1919, Page 5
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150FIRE ON A STEAMER. Taranaki Daily News, 1 November 1919, Page 5
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