DAMAGED BY FIRE
SHIP AT AUSTRALIAN PORT
(Rec. 12.30 p.m.) - SYDNEY, Oct. 30,
A steamer of more than 5000 ton 3 was damaged at an Australian port last night when fire broke out among the cargo of petrol and other dangerously inflammable goods. Wliile 120 firemen attempted ■" to subdue the blaze, 40 wharf labourers risked their lives to move the cargo, which, it was feared, might cause a disastrous explosion.
Police believe the fire was .started by sparks from an. oxy-acetylene flame cutter which was used to remove, steel cleats on the deck. Gas masks were used by the firemen, who had to work amid the dense smoke and fumes created when a large consignment of cork took fire.
After many hours the blaze was got under control.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 106, 31 October 1942, Page 7
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128DAMAGED BY FIRE Evening Post, Volume CXXXIV, Issue 106, 31 October 1942, Page 7
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