FIRE ON A STEAMER
i AFTER EEAVXKG. FORT. __"_., NO SERIOUS DAMAGE , Vie- loesd agents for "the Commonwealth - and- -Dominion -Line, Messrs. . Heather, Roberton and Co., received advice' last evening -from their steamer Port Nicholson, stating that a fire had •been discovered among the ship's stores. The. steamer left here for Wellington _ye3terday afternoon, and shortly after clearing, smoke, was seen issuing, from "the forepeak. With a view to flooding _4h e forepeak, the vessel anchored off, jSangitoto Mand A later message says' the* outbreak was quelled before serious .damage was done. j
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 209, 1 September 1916, Page 2
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