SHIP ON FIRE
CREW’S PERILOUS MONTH.
FIERCE FIGHT WITH FLAMES,
(Australian and N.Z, Cable Association). (By Cable—Press Assn.—Copyright,)
. LONDON, October 22. A month’s perilous existence on a blazing ship, with flames sweeping from the holds athwart the blistering deck, was the experience of the crew of the steamer Tregantle, whicn has arrived at Liverpool. The vessel left Rosario, laden with seventy-two thousand tons of maize, and spontaneous combustion fired the bunker coal and the flames communicated with the cargo. The crew vainly fought the flames. Volunteers were lowered to the holds, directing hose amid suffocating fumes from the maize, necessitating two minute spells. The vessel took refuge at Cape Verde, where the fire was beaten out, and a thousand tons of damaged cargo was jettisoned. 0 The officers and crew,., numbering thirty-four, have recovered from their burns.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 23 October 1926, Page 5
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