FIRE ON A STEAMER
. THRILLING EXPERIENCES.! ..LONDON, March 20. The British India Company’s steamer Jumna has, arrived from Queensland ports after a trying voyage. An alarming fire was discovered in the bunkers ion Saturday, the 9th instant, when steaming through the Mediterranean. The vessel put into; Algiers, and removed three hundred 1 tons of coal, whereupon she . .sailed again. | ’ On the Monday following the fire reappeared i in‘the main' hold, and raged for 1 ten hours. It spread seriously, the' •eiigineroomi becoming;almost untenable.. The boats were provisioned, ready for lowering, and the crew and passengers, under the leadership- of the chief and third officers and the_ purser,' jettisoned many tons of cargo with great difficulty. Finally they succeeded in subduing the fire.' A steamer which hove in sight came to the rescue of the Jumna and remained alongside her all night. The cargo .suffered by the water poured in, . After calling at Plymouth on Tuesday the vessel proceeded to London. . . . , ,- <i ■ ■■■■ -
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New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4312, 22 March 1901, Page 5
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161FIRE ON A STEAMER New Zealand Times, Volume LXXI, Issue 4312, 22 March 1901, Page 5
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