GRAIN STEAMER ON FIRE.
IN THE INDIAN OCEAN.
RACING TO AUSTRALIAN PORT
24 HOURS FROM ALBANY.
By Telegraph—Press Association— Copyright (Received *10.55 p.rn.T A. and N.Z. PERTH. Not.. 7.
A wireless message has been received from the steamer Koranna, en route from Melbourne to African ports laden with grain, stating that a fire" is raging in No. 3 hold, which is full of coal. The vessel is in the Indian Ocean ug&ng for Albany. It is surmised that her position is serious as she is at least 24 hours' steam from port. The Koranna is a vessel of 3585 tons, owned by the Ellcrman* and Bucknall Company. |y
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18551, 8 November 1923, Page 9
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108GRAIN STEAMER ON FIRE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18551, 8 November 1923, Page 9
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