STEAMER SENSATIONAL RACE
MAKES PORT WITH CARGO
ABLAZE
[united press association —copyright} HALIFAX, (Nova fecotia), Nov. 13 _ The steamer Muirfield Head has arrived afire, having steamed at top speed from mid-ocean, where a cargo of cotton in the forward hold burst into ames. Steam was injected with three pipes, but failed to extinguish the fire. The civic apparatus suppressed the outbreak, saving cargo worth £IOO,OOO.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3490, 15 November 1913, Page 5
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65STEAMER SENSATIONAL RACE Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVII, Issue 3490, 15 November 1913, Page 5
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