STEAMER ON FIRE.
VALUABLE CARGO ENDANGERED
BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT Received Nov. 20, 11.'50 a.m. LONDON, Nov. 19.
A fire was discovered in the steamer Clan Mackay, which recently arrived from Tonga with a cargo containing copra, silver and copper, valued at about £300,000. The bulk of the cargo had been discharged, and £60,000 worth was remaining when it caught fire. Fire floats, tugs and fire engines are flooding the holds with water.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 20 November 1925, Page 7
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72STEAMER ON FIRE. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 20 November 1925, Page 7
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