DAMAGE TO CARGO
MACHINERY AND PAPER FIRE IN MOTOR SHIP (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND; this day. About 200 tons of cargo, machinery and parchment paper,, which was slightly damaged by smoke and water during a fire in a British motor ship at New York on July 31 when 15 firemen were overcome by smoke and fumes has reached Auckland. The damage to this portion is estimated as only 3 per cent. Said to have started in a cargo of potash and rubber in number 2 hatch, the fire lasted for two hours and was fought by 13 fire engines and a fire float. An investigation was ordered into the possibility of sabotage and the sailing time of the vessel was postponed.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20344, 5 September 1940, Page 3
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