FIRE IN BOILER ROOM.
> Leaking Oil Pipe Starts Outbreak. HOBSON'S BAY HELD UP. (Received 11 a.m.) ' SYDNEY, this day. A Are occurred in the boiler room of the steamer Bay last night. Only slight damage was done. The vessel, which is to sail for London to-day, will be delayed four hours. The fire was due to a leaking oil pipe. Tlio ship's company and the fire brigades had a difficult task in overcoming the flames, which were finally quenched with chemicals. The engine-room staff worked all night repairing the damage, which is not serious, but owing to the interruption of the lighting services, cargo loading was suspended till this morning.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 65, 18 March 1930, Page 7
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