A FIRE AT SEA.
(Per Usitri) Prkss Association) - AUCKLAND, February 7. , The steamer Ovalau, from the Eastern Pacific, brings news of the destruction* by fire at sea of the four-masted barque . Pyrenees, -which sailed from Tacoina on October 14 with a cargo of wheat for Glasgow. During the voyage a fire broke out among the cargo. The nearest place was Pitcairn Island, for which the vessel was headed, but there being uo harbour on the island they went on to. Gmnbier Island, 800 miles from Tahiti, where she was beached. The crew then commenced salvage operations, everything possible being removed, but nothing could be done to subdue the fire, which, owing to the long time it had been raging, had complete control. Captain Boyce determined to abandon the ship, and a trading schooner from Tahiti . being at the island the crew and salvage were taken to Papeete. The fittings,were there sold at auction for £200, and the crew left for San Francisco by the Australia on January 24. When the vessel was abandoned the fire was*raging from stem to stern.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 11962, 8 February 1901, Page 5
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180A FIRE AT SEA. Otago Daily Times, Issue 11962, 8 February 1901, Page 5
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