FIRE ON A BARQUE.
CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DONE. NARROW ESCAPE OF CARETAKER. Received April 5, 4.15 p.m. SYDNEY, April 5. The barque Dunlor, which arrived from Lyttelton six weeks ago, took fire at 2 o'clock this morning. The vessel was being dismantled, and only the caretaker was on board at the time. A riding lamp fell from the forestay and set fire to a quantity of lose timber. The fire did a good deal of damage before it was extinguished. The caretaker narrowly escaped death, being rescued from his bunk in the nick of time by sailors from a neighbouring ship.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9058, 6 April 1908, Page 5
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100FIRE ON A BARQUE. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXI, Issue 9058, 6 April 1908, Page 5
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