FIRE IN A FREEZING CHAMBER.
• THE DANGER OF CHARCOAL INSULATION. I FBESS ASSOCIATION. | (Beoeived August 27, 10.50 a.m.) London, 26th August. When the P. and O. Co. 'a steamer Rome was 300 miles from the Australian coast the charcoal insulator in the refrigerating room was found to be on fire. Nine hundred sheep had to be taken out before it could be extinguished. There was no panic on board. It ia believed the charcoal was on hre before the steamer left Sydney. The engineer. reports thit a portion of tho butter cargo was damaged.
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Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 50, 27 August 1895, Page 2
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94FIRE IN A FREEZING CHAMBER. Evening Post, Volume L, Issue 50, 27 August 1895, Page 2
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