DAMAGED CARGO ARRIVES
(By Telegraph—Press Association.)
AUCKLAND, September 4,
About 200 tons of cargo, machinery and parchment paper, which was slightly damaged by sm.oke and water during a fire on a British motor-ship at New York on July 31 when 15 firemen were overcome by smoke and fumes, has reached Auckland. Damage to this portion is estimated as only 3 per cent.
Said to have started in the cargo of potash and rubber in No. 2 hatch, the fire lasted two hours and was fought by 13 fire engines and a fire float. Investigation was ordered into the possibility of sabotage and the sailing time of the vessel was postponed.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXX, Issue 58, 5 September 1940, Page 9
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