FIRE ON TAIROA
SUPPRESSED BY SHIP’S APPLIANCES. (Per United Press Association.) WELLINGTON, May 9. Shortly after the Shaw, Savill, and Albion steamer Tairoa left Lyttelton yesterday morning for Nelson fire was noticed in the coal bunkers. The master of the Tairoa, Captain J. E. Grayston, thought it advisable to put into Wellington ag a precautionary measure, but the ship’s firefighting appliances were instrumental in getting the fire under control before port was reached at 9.30 p.m. The Tairoa berthed at the Pipitea wharf and the bunker coal affected by the outbreak was discharged to-day. The vessel will leave Wellington to-morrow afternoon for NeL son.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21640, 10 May 1932, Page 5
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104FIRE ON TAIROA Otago Daily Times, Issue 21640, 10 May 1932, Page 5
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