BARQUE ON FIRE.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 740, 12 February 1910, Page 5

BARQUE ON FIRE.

GUNPOWDER LATELY UNLOADED. - CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE. By Telesraph-Presa Association—OopTrlcbt. : Sydney, February 11. i .The : steel , barque Penrhyn Castle(l367 tons gross, built at Bristol' in. 1830), now lying in Down Bay, is oh fire. The. vessel arrived from London during the week,, and fortunately completed the discharge of two thousand packages of powder yesterday. . ~ Number i hold is burning fiercely. FLAMES SUBDUED. (Ecci .February 11, 3.i5 pjn.) ' ■ Sydney, Febrnaiy 11. ; The .'fire' s on the barque Penrhyn Castle has been suhdued; '. A largo quantity of. general cargo is damaged. FIGHTING THE FIRE. BEACHING FOUND; UNNECESSARY. (Eeo. February 11, 10.20 p.m.) : Sydney, .February 11. .The .fire started ! inthe forehold of the Penrhyn:' Castle,' . among 0 .quantity of pottery and,, other- cargo, loosely packed with' Straw .; The fiTe quickly gained such' headway, that it\was decided; to taw the Penrhyn ; Castle ,to' Rose , Bay and beach her;- and, , with'-that'object, in view, a : steamer started to bow lier. . .'

I In. tho imcautimo holes were cut .'in the decks,: and 'the ; fire float -Pluviuß; which had : arrived,, so effectively poured in witter that by .the time tbe towed barque, reached' Shark Maud the fire'had been' checked.- The barque then anchored, 'and the firemen,' soon mastered, the outbreak. A large quantity of /water was -poured in',', and "to? "holdsVare' fullj Tho extent, of the. damage,, by fire and by . water, will not .bo known • until i the- holds . are pumped out audthedamaged cargo is discharged. . • THE DAMAGE. - '- .(Bee. February 11, 11.10 p.m.) Sydney, February 11. Tho damage"tp "the. I'onrhyn Castle' is chiefly • confined to the 'tween decks' and lower .hold. 'V:..r' : '.. : ; . ' Much of the cargo is There is two .'feet of : Crater' in the bold. ■ I.' '•'