FIRE ON BERMUDA.
HEAVY INSURANCE LOSS. INCENDIARISM SUSPECTED. (Received November 22, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. Nov. 21. The sea-cocks on the luxury liner Bermuda. which was ori fire at Belfast yes'terdav, were opened at noon and she partially sank. Firemen continued to pour wster info the part of the hull which •showed above the water. It is estimated that London marine insurance companies will lose £600.000 on the Bermuda in addition to £450.000 through ihe fire on board her in the West •Indies in June. The J)ailv Express says incendiarism is believed to have caused the destruction of the vessel. She had the most lavish and extravagant accommodation of any ship sfloat, having been built for the unique traffic of American mill'onaires between ■New York and the West Indies in order 4o escape the prohibition law.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21037, 23 November 1931, Page 9
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FIRE ON BERMUDA.
New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 21037, 23 November 1931, Page 9
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