OIL STEAMER AFIRE.
OUTBREAK AT BRISBANE. DAMAGE VERY EXTENSIVE. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 5.5 p.m.) BRISBANE, April 1. The Australian and American line steamer Kansas, with a cargo of oil and motor-cars, was discovered to be on fire at midnight on Saturday, and burned until Sunday morning, when the outbreak was extinguished. Shortly afterwards a fresh outbreak was discovered, which raged all day long. Holes were cut in the sides and deck of the vessel, and many thousands of tors of water pumped into the vessel before the fire was controlled. The damage will be very extensive.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18679, 8 April 1924, Page 7
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99OIL STEAMER AFIRE. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18679, 8 April 1924, Page 7
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