OUTBREAK IN BUNKER COAL.

Marlborough Express, Volume LIII, Issue 277, 25 November 1919, Page 5

OUTBREAK IN BUNKER COAL.

■(Received Nov. .25, 0.20 a;m.) LONDON, Nov. 24Tlie .Hubertus .had just docked, and there was conly a skeleton crew aboard when tthe ,fire was noticed in the huiiker-.coal. After some hours it suddenly i burst iiito flames amidships, rand 'the livoodwork was soon ablaze. .Fortunately the wind .divested the .fire .from the wharves

and sheds:

; ;River .floats .and '\ eighteen fire-en-rgines .were quickly at work.- and controlled vthe fire iin two -and a half iliQurs. The was confined to .tire imiddle of the vessel, where leonsiderable damage was < done. It .is ..hoped that a large part of the csi'i^go vvvill be saved. 'Tlic fire was cflEiaEdly due to the coal, and there was luVneglect. ■ ■ .