BARQUE ON FIRE

Otago Daily Times, Issue 14756, 12 February 1910, Page 8

BARQUE ON FIRE

';;..; A SERIOUS OUTBREAK' ■.:]■. %[■■;''). -MUCH CARGO DAMAGED.? ' ';' VV PfcsjlAisocitiiion— By Telegraph—Copyright. ?:, . >ij' -~l SYDNEY, February IL ' ,'■■■',.• TheVi barque Penrhyu\Castle. is lying :'. down the bay on fire. :,/, She arrived from London during the ,/-y*s\ and,had fortunately completed .the of 2000- packagos of powder '■■■■/'•''■ yesterday.' ' iiy No. A hold is-burning fiercely. ~• (Received Feb. 11, at 9.45 p.m.) .;::; Tho fire on the Penrhyn, Castle has' " been subdued. ,'A largo quantity of general, cargo was' ■damaged.- ■" ' ... ! ;'. ■':'.■ (Received Feb. 11, at 10,20 p.m.) v ; Tho ■Tiro' started, in the fore hold among .;.'..;',"» quantity of pottery and--other cargo ":':';; which was loosely packed in straw. The. :■' flames'quickly gained such headway that it was decided to tow tlie'.-.Pehrhyn"Castle '■'.. to Rose Bay her. ' \ -A steamer started to tow her. : and in .tho.meantime holes were cutrin the decks. ,-'/, - 'The tiro boat Pluvius arrived, and so '•', effectively poured in water that by the ;',,,;.time the barque reached Shark Island ' :C ;"-' tho firo was checked. .The. barque was ■-:■.■:• anchored t >and the firemen soon, mastered ;,. 'tho .outbreak. \. ', ' .;, ■ - ''• ',:*■' j\ -Therorisa large..quantity.of water in ■V s .; the. holds. .' ■'' ';> , .

.Tho'fiill extent of "the damageby water . <'T-'ill-,not', bfl known until "the vessel: js ;V..punipedout.. ' -.' ■,' e : .;. : ,';l , l|e : damaged cargo will be discharged. .' v ; (ReccivcdyFeb. 11, at 11.40 p.rii.l - '.' ;?Tlio damage was cliietly. confined to < the ;'\- 'tween decks and the lower hold. Much "of'the cargo was saturated, as. there was' '.."."';2ft" r of 'water in the hold. ~.-'