OUTBREAK ON STEAMER.
MEMBERS OF CREW BUBNED. CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE DONE. United Press Assn.—Exe-;. Tel‘ Copyright. SYDNEY, May 14. A fire on the Aberdeen and Com—monwealth steamer Jervis Bay, berthed at Newcastle, extensively damaged the saloon galley and the starboard pantry, and minor damage occurred in the mess room and the butcher‘s shop amidships. Dense smoke hampered the crew's efforts to arrest the outbreak with chemical extinguishers, but when llre brigades arrived the firemen used smoke helmets and the flames were soon under control. Steam pipes burst and some or the crew were burned.
"VThe Jéfi'ls Bay, loaded with frozen cargo from Brisbane, had arrived to" day en ruu‘w to the Unllcd Kingdom.
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Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19886, 15 May 1936, Page 7
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112OUTBREAK ON STEAMER. Waikato Times, Volume 119, Issue 19886, 15 May 1936, Page 7
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