CITY OF SINGAPORE FIRE
SPONTANEOUS COMBUSTION OF COAL.
j (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.—COPYRIGHT.) (Received 14th June, 10 a.m.) ADELAIDE, This Day. At the inquest regarding the death of Albert Greenham, a fireman, who lost his life in the fire on the steamer City of Singapore, the Chief Inspector of Exi plosives stated that he had come to the | conclusion that tho fire was due to tho spontaneous combustion of coal. Tlie I explosion was probably due to a mixture of coal gas and. air.
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 140, 14 June 1924, Page 7
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