A STEAMER ABLAZE.
3000 TONS OF CRUDE OIL BURNING. REMARKABLE SPECTACLE AT NEW YORK. (By Cab!*.—Press Association.—Copyright.) NEW YORK. August 29. The steamer Burgermeister Hackman is in flames in tho channel. Sho has on board three thousand tons of crude oil, which is burning. The wholo city (s lit up by the glare. Firo boats worked all night, an explosion being feared, but it is hoped to sink tho vessel beforo this occurs. Thousands of people lined the waterfront gazing at the remarkable tacleThe origin of the outbreak is believed to have been a spark generated by tho accidental colliding of two tin oil-cans. Tho crow escaped.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14759, 1 September 1913, Page 7
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107A STEAMER ABLAZE. Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14759, 1 September 1913, Page 7
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