FIRE ON A STEAMER.
■ ■■■~:i - ;, ' -; : :--.'.';-|»' "■' .' iM"i<fr»"" "i i. ■■ r^.'Nv: ; v''": >:: V,D> : ' :: -.;,,<'■■:..:■■;.■,:■ *V-v.',-- I".;.-:'' -^^^^-'"''^"^'j^::/-'^';■''■''''■';';; ; ' :^-' OUTBREAK ON THE PEREGRINE ' ONE HOLD FLOODED, ■ -..By, Telegraph.— Association.— '• .. , Brisbane, i October 26. '• . The steamer Peregrine, bound north, was discovered to beio-a fire in No. 8 hold last night, < ■ . ' . The Initial efforts for extinguishing the f fire not being successful, the- vessel imi headed back for Brisbane. The crew partially flooded the hold, and by the time Brisbane was readied the J|ir« . was out. ■■" .';"; : The damage is unknown. Two. of the officers suffered • from ■ ft* , . fumes from the fire. '• [The Peregrine is a steel screw steamer' of 1660 tons register, and' was built ati Dundee in 1891, to the order of .tine Howard- ( Smith Company, Limited, of Melbourne, The steamer has been in the Queensland trade since she came out to Australia ?s , 1891.3 —_ ... - '•-'■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12697, 27 October 1904, Page 5
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