STEAMER ON FIRE.
RACE BACK TO HARBOUR. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) (Received 10.5 a.m.) Sydney, this day.
The Howard Smith inter-state steamer Time, which left Sydney for Melbourne yesterday, wirelessed that a fire developed in" the hold when three hours out. She raced back and anchored in the harbour early this morning enveloped in smoke. . The cargo includes coal, methylated spirits and benzine. A fire float is standing by to flood the hold.
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXVI, Issue 3439, 5 March 1932, Page 5
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