FIRE ALARM AT SEA.
ELECTRIC WIRES FUSE. EXCITEMENT ON MAUNGANUI. ®j»eived March 6, 8.45 p.m.) A. and~lCz. SYDNEY, March 6. Some eexcitement was caused on board the Maunganui last night by an alarm of fire. When the vessel was nearing the coast the electric light wires behind the panelling in the lounge fused and ignited the woodwork. The outbreak was extinguished without difficulty before much damage had been done, but as a precautionary measure the vessel was speeded up and her lifeboats were swung out.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19889, 7 March 1928, Page 11
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85FIRE ALARM AT SEA. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19889, 7 March 1928, Page 11
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