KAIKOURA ON FIRE.

Hokitika Guardian, 10 April 1923, Page 3

KAIKOURA ON FIRE.

|a y Ti'.i.i’.iot.u'ii —per motes association. I AUCKLAND. April 9. The liner Kaikuura is expected to -mi*.' b'l'' shortly after eleven. There is a lire aboard. Ihe la-t message i ruin the Mourner, sent at fattr o'clock, stall'd that Urn hatche- had Teen closed, and vmv smouldering. The temperature ha - b'."i stem; since one p.m. Site diilu t nntinp.iii a l'ni the:' with"-ah before anivai. The Trv limit and Eire Brigade are in attendance at the wharf. Gangs of men are ready to unload the corgi; u |n!" the Harbour I mini plant ' re ally for action in reaching the seat of ( lie mil break. _ \ii in In* i four hold of the Kaiknuia is mil of wool. Max, and tallow. D is anticipated the damage wdl he eonAdorable., as smoke i- Mill "-MU-g from the hold. IM.ii v DIM: THE 9 ARC* >. \ l ( K I. S Nl) April 19 \\T,,.,i ihe -teamer Kaiknqni arrived at. 11.31) last night. fuemru nm „ Rose aboard and the tan - Hus were lifted fmm Ih.e hatch. Ihete was no outburst nl Ikunes. The topmost bales of wo,"I bad hem, Milurat(l with water, ami it w as. ohvimts t e.e seat of Ibo lue was at the bottom of the hold. The removal of the cargo began soon after midnight. At olu ’ o’clock the lire appeared to be ,in•■•iii-li.'d and the brigade return".! to Ihe station. The discharge <u the cargo was roiitimied all nighi wiliiiillt anv ir'fiirri'ltce ol lire. Ihe e.ugn in the hold allT'i'ied comprises live t hoiisain! bales of wool and l'.’O easpi of tallow. It- is coming mil '"'A t and some i- ; badly charred.

FURTHER PARTICULAR.^

AUCKLAND, April 10

lion long tbe lire had been, smouldering is not known. When n "as dis'.nvmcd the engineer on watch had occasion to go imo ihe innuel at the bottom of the vessel, through winch the propeller shaft U m ..,th the mimber four hold. He noticed the paint on tlie iim. work blistering witli the beat and shortly after lie reported the matter, smoke was seen issuing from the lmld through the ventilators on the deck. The shin’s lire appliances were soon at wo-k pumping water into the hold through three leads of hose. In addition the Clayton lire extinguisher was pumping Milnhiir fumes into the hold to smother the lire. After about twelve hours’ work, the lire was got under control, but to prevent any draught fanning the lire into flames, the hatch was kept battened down and

G,O vcntiiaiors covered. At frequent intervals the temperature of the hold was tested. There was very little change until the Ixadcoura arrived at Raiigitoio Channel, when large volumes of smoke, issuing from the hatch, showed that the fin' was still alight.