MUCH DAMAGE
FIRE ON BARADINE LONDON, Nov. 20. Though her holds were empty, the (ire which broke out on the P. and (). branch liner Baradinc. in King George V. Dock yesterday, did extensive damage. The, vessel was undergoing overhaul, and she will now be idle for a considerable time. Firerhen had to cut open portion of (lie ’tween deck to reach the scat of the outbreak. At fust, thev were repulsed by clouds of suffocating smoke and bad to use smoke masks. They had hard work to prevent tin l flames spreading to the fuel tanks and it took them several hours to extinguish the lire.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17954, 5 December 1932, Page 3
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106MUCH DAMAGE Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LIX, Issue 17954, 5 December 1932, Page 3
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