FIRE ON A STEAMER.
By Telegraph—Press Association. LYTTELTON, May 9. Just as the New Zealand Shipping Copmany's steamer Rakaia was unmooring preparatory to sailing for London, via Monte Video, Teneriffe, and Gibraltar, smoke was observed coming through the flooring of the. chief engineer's room. An examination revealed an incipient fire in the afterport bunKer, cual smouldering and smoking. Steaming water was poured in, and the smoke ceased. A quantity of coal was removed, and a survey made by Lloyds' surveyer. The manager of the Shipping Com--1 pany states that the fire is not serious, and was caused by a naked steam pipe passing through a bunker covered with coal, which was fired by heat. The departure of the Rakaia has been postponed till to-morrow.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3185, 10 May 1909, Page 5
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124FIRE ON A STEAMER. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 3185, 10 May 1909, Page 5
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