FIRE IN U.S. SHIP
BLAZE AT MERSEY SUBDUED IN TWO HOURS NAZI CAPTIVES ABOARD LONDON, March 21. All the fire-fighting resources of Mersey dockside were brought into action to extinguish a fire on the American vessel Cape Douglas, which arrived from San Francisco last night with 1000 German prisoners of war aboard. Thousands of dock workers watched a fleet of tenders, with motor pumps and foam equipment, race to the vessel. Radio was used between the firemen and the hastily-improvised floating headquarters. The outbreak was subdued two hours after the alarm was given.
Later, the Cape Douglas was towed into Birkenhead apd the German prisoners were disembarked under guard. British Army personnel who were guarding them and firemen also left the ship, bu.t the crew of the Cape Douglas remained aboard. There were no casualties.
A Mersey fire chief stated that the outbreak was caused by a bursting oil pipe which caught on fire.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXIII, Issue 21978, 23 March 1946, Page 5
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