FIRE AT SEA
OUTBREAK BURIKG GALE
CREW’S HARD FIGHT.
press Association—By Telegraph-Copyright
ADELAIDE, October 14. The British-India steamer Janus, from Calcutta to Adelaide, arrived to 3 'Whon tbo vessel was sixty miles west of Neptune Island, off the western side of the entrance to Spencer Gulf, in a racin'* gale, fire broke out m the shelter deck. It was found that bales of kapok and corn sacks in No. 3 hatch were on fire. After seven hcuci fight the fire was subdued, but it was necessary to jettison many tons of the damaged cargo.
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Evening Star, Issue 19381, 15 October 1926, Page 4
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94FIRE AT SEA Evening Star, Issue 19381, 15 October 1926, Page 4
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