A HOT TIME. FIRE IN COAL BUNKERS OF A STEAMER.
Per Press Association.—By EleoTelegraph. —Copyright. Received Maroh 21, 9.7 a.m. London. March 20. The British-India steamer Jumna has arrived from Queensland porfs after an alarming fire, which was discovered in the bunkers qn the 9th. The vessel put in to Algiers, removed three hundred tons of coal, and sßiled again. j On the Monday following the fire reappeared in the main hold, and raged for ten hours. It spread seriously, the engine-room becoming almost untenable. The boats were provisioned ready for lowering. The crew and passengers, under the leadership of the chief and third officers and the purser, jettisoned many tons of cargo. . • With great difficulty they finally subdued the fire. A steamer which came in sight remained alongside the Jumna all night. The cargo suffered by the water poured in. After calling at Plymouth on Tuesday thfe Jumna proceeded to London.
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Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VXII, Issue 7155, 21 March 1901, Page 2
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152A HOT TIME. FIRE IN COAL BUNKERS OF A STEAMER. Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume VXII, Issue 7155, 21 March 1901, Page 2
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