FIRE ON MAIL STEAMER.

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 11128, 30 July 1907, Page 2

FIRE ON MAIL STEAMER.

(Press Assn.— By Telegraph— Copyright). SYDNEY, July 29. *„ An outbreak of fire is reported at' 11.30 >*-*** p.m. (the hour of closing the cable office) aboard the French mail steamer Ville de la Ciotat, lying at Circular quay. Several engines are going.' to the scene, arid ; as the flames have not yet spread far there - are hopes of checking it before serious damage is occasioned. v ' . . v> - (Received July 30, 10.8 aim.) SYDNEY, July 30. The outbreak of fire on the Ville de la Ciotat occurred vi a small, sail locker m the vicinity of the main foreliold, where. 200, tons of copra were stored. ; Great difficulty*- was experienced m reaching the ■,/ fire Rowing to its position, and the dense volumes of pungent smoke. ; The work of flooding the : fprehold was proceeding at an -early ' hdur this morning. Though the fire is still burning, it is considered there is. ljttley-j— ance of it spreading further, y The ex^ ther it gained a hold- amongst the copra, is not yet ascertainable. .