FIRE ON A L

Gisborne Times, Volume LXIII, Issue 10093, 4 September 1925, Page 5

FIRE ON A L

OUTBREAK ON AUCKLAND HAUgg 9.,.^ lips. 4, AlarSIX FIREMEN SENT ||ou S , Cat--1 . \ L::

IPress Assn.) p pf sportsAUCKLAND, pfmsterday The fire which broke . ol |^ (C } of i o’clock this morning in M ’ of the Federal Lino ; steag? Sfo3 tons anchoied u. er<thm harbor destroyed about M cargo loaded at P Keijy attracgow for Wellington, Dunedin. Serious orwas caused to the ship, twj * ing completely gutted. °%Jk ders valiant efforts were the ■ , ‘ • , fined to No. 2 hold, and||) ? from penetrating the insurA . . heads of the adjoining ho. • ’ ‘ i ■l> task of estimotma. f was impossible to atlempn , being at this stage J'” of conjecture. However, r £«f, is certain to run into tlfcJjjmP °The S kent cost over m "Times” build in 1918. She is cranpuny her refrigerating apparatvgf' f seriously affected. Jfp \ "°" Details of the msurancfP m the available. ■ Six firemen who wenta&ton, may No. 2 hold received inju)lv vlctol 'y as eyes through smoke andH leßSo( -I f * ls “ had to bo treated at til-?*® 8011 of hospital. II Another fireman who 1.l ~ hatch when the airpipe ri became jammed thus th\ life, was heroically re:f( AC. Barclay, chief engi Throughout the day tjfKE S BAY. fled the tons of water , , P f the top and through hF* a ty the side. Towards evef ,* , L . gade obtained the it was expected that at I IU > aie as J to-morrow morning the-' it practically suppressed* : * At about noon thfj. ‘ brought alongside QkHope. c where it was possible!]], Loots r hatch with water *ih ley, Graham sea by the Harbor. \ firefloat and the lari Patterson. „ Auckland fire hriga-.fr>, -y-. V The Kent arrived iT~ Liverpool on August^ ol ' tons of merchandise,*? Young, Mcdischarged at tliLs i :on (captain), scheduled to contim|-l south on August 27? bDurrie, HaJ- s went on strike and si H- Gardner. taken to an anchoragej . , Had it not been for ,;been appointof the cargo burned * alu leaves on have been landed at A —• o force the p OUTBREAK DISCO' fi EARLY HOU[_ « BRINGING VESSEL r L . ti FLAMES LEAP ABO’J

(Press Associate . AUCKLAND? CLUB. One of the Kent’s offjj s , ring to the discovery of to he was awakened soninvV . *. p small hours by the first of- , ■ ' j “Fire.” He imm ed i afeTV jifi t i pri't bat of his bunk and grabbed the first things he could lay his hands on. It was obvious from the amount of smoke that the fire was a- serious one. They immediately took all precautions to prevent the spread of the flames bv shutting off all draught. The exact time of the outbreak is unknown. As.far as could be determined the fire originated forward of the ’tween decks of No. 2 bold a.r.d gradually worked aft under the forward deckhouse until it was stopped by the bulkheads. These soon- got red hot, and ignited a quantity of stores in the stewards’ store room. Shortly .after nine o’clock this morning the fire seemed to be dying down but this was only temporary, as a short time later the outbreak was renewed. It was 11 o’clock when it was decided to berth tbo ship so as to enable the firemen to get at the flames with greater ease. As the vessel began to move the draught caused the flames to leap up above the. deck, but by redoubling their efforts the firemen were able to suppress this outbreak. A further detachment of firemen was awaiting the ship’s arrival and another hole was made in the port side of the vessel. The brigade’s Dennis pumping engine was then put to work while the fire float continued pumping on tlio starboard side.

VALUABLE ORGAN AMONGST CARGO. (PRESS ASSOCIATION.) WANGANUI, Scpt ; 3. Included in the Kent’s cargo is the greater portion of a £3OOO organ, for the Wanganui Collegiate School chapel. The builder, Air. E. H. Lawton, of Aberdeen, is in Wanganui awaiting the arrival of the organ in order to erect it. He has removed the old organ from the chapel and re-erected it in All Saints Church, Wangamn, which was originally the old College chapel. The fate of tho new instillment is eagerly awaited.