LIVES RISKED
IN FIGHTING FIRE ON STEAMER IN AUSTRALIAN PORT. DANGEROUSLY INFLAMMABLE CARGO. (By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright) (Received This Day, 11.30 a.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. A steamer of more than 5,000 tons was damaged in an Australian port last night, when a fire broke out among a cargo of petrol and other dangerously inflammable goods. While 120 firemen attempted to subdue the blaze, 40 wharf labourers risked their lives to move the cargo, which it was feared might cause a disastrous explosion. The police believe that the fire was started by sparks from an oxy-acety-lene flame-cutter, which was used to remove steel cleats on a deck. Gas masks were used by the firemen, who had to work amid the dense smoke and fumes created when a large consignment of cork took fire. After many hours the blaze was got under control.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 October 1942, Page 3
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