SHIP ON FIRE.
Tin' LEADING WIND SOT TTLED IN TIIK AI'CKLANI) IIAUHorU. (in Tr.r,KCiEAi'ii.—riiKss association). Ai:(.'Kl.anii, Lar-t Night. V niii; mis discovered at midnight on Thursday on board the American ship Leadin','Wind, under chaitit to the New Zealand Shipping Co. The firemen worked very hard to save the ve>-ei hut the fire hint (rot t.'i'i linn a hold and little imprrssi in was made. Tlie vr>si*l wait eventually anchored in miilstieain and was scuttled at 10 a.m. in 07fe.it nf ivatnr. The vessel s hull ;s nd deck-house were quite under wat»r at, lio: this evening, when the tide was full. The flax is still on lire forward under forecastle and the. smoke is rising through the several holes cut in her sides to let in the water.
Sins has 3,500 bales of fl;ix and 700 case; of kauri gum on board, wliich is all covered by insurance.
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Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2891, 24 January 1891, Page 2
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148SHIP ON FIRE. Waikato Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2891, 24 January 1891, Page 2
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