FIRE AT SEA.
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION DESTROYS CARGO.
United Press Association —By Electric Telegraph—Copyright. CAPETOWN, January b. The steamer Newby Hall, from Australia to South Africa, has arrived at Lorenzo Marques. She reports that a fire, tho result of spontaneous combustion, burnt the goods in the main hold. The injection of steam extinguished the fire, but the damage to the hull is extensive-
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Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 13936, 9 January 1911, Page 7
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62FIRE AT SEA. Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 13936, 9 January 1911, Page 7
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