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A SENSATIONAL VOYAGE. '-* STEAMER ABLAZE. Press Association- • AUCKLAND, February 14. The German steamer Bergermeister Hachmau, which arrived to-day, on the eve of departure from New York for Auckland in October last, had an outbreak of fire in No. 2 hatch, containing 32,000 cases of inflammable oils. ' The vessel was a mass of flames forward. Fire floats surrounded her, and pumped so much water into her that the steamer sank, and was eight days submerged. That portion of the cargo which escaped destruction by fire was discharged, the vessel was docked and repaired, and resumed her voyage. Early on the voyage a' terrible storm was encountered. The cabin doors on the deck were stove in, and a number of rooms flooded.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume 1, Issue 8, 14 February 1914, Page 5 (Supplement)
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