THE FIRE ON THE KERERU.
(rRESS ASSOCIATE TM.'.'-n.v.M.) VIX'KLAN i». January 2,?. jfco fn <>n «lie i>uxiii«ry ketch forcru not ex. inched until -J to-day. When the work of the fiiemen ivas completed. tin- v«- ? .~ol preeled a strange appearance. She la> the water, with tli- .-cuppers The interior «as charred throughout. and the l;assengc r cabin "ttedT but the hull did not appear to hp badiv damaged. The-work of. re-monng the water was commenced, and tie kej.eh quickly Sited herself. boon Hundreds o IwlT-paeked eases o! ben/.me showed aU'e the water, apparently xindamIZd The fire had evidently been ted hv the benzine contained in the eases which formed t,!ie top layer ol the cargo,'.. .
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Press, Volume LII, Issue 15500, 29 January 1916, Page 11
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