OVERCOME BY FUMES.
Firemen Removed from Hold Of Burning Ship. APUTE SUFFERING. (Received 10.30 a.m.) ADELAIDE, this day. A number of firemen were overcome by fumes while fighting a fire on the German freighter Stassfurt at Port Adelaide. The fire was apparently under control two hours after it wae first noticed, but later a more serious outbreak occurred. Late last night firemen were still at work. Writhing and moaning in agony from pains caused by the smoke fumes, six firemen were removed to hospital. A number of others who took a turn below decks with the hosee were brought up almost unconscious. The fire destroyed the ship's provision room.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 224, 21 September 1932, Page 7
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109OVERCOME BY FUMES. Auckland Star, Volume LXIII, Issue 224, 21 September 1932, Page 7
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