FIRE IN HOLD

Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19128, 24 September 1936, Page 5

FIRE IN HOLD

ORMONDE TAKES REFUGE NIGHT SPENT IN BAY SAFETY OF PASSENGERS CREW CONFINE OUTBREAK (Elec. Tel. Copyright—United Press Assn.) (Reed. Sept. 24, noon) SYDNEY, Sept. 24. A radio message received in Sydney yesterday stated that a fire was discovered during the afternoon in No. 4 hatch of the liner Ormonde en route to Sydney. The steamer Murada was signalled to stand by to afford assistance if required. The Murada reached the Ormonde in a few hours and was informed that the fire was completely under control. The Ormonde, with the fire still smouldering, put into Twofold Bay owing to rough conditions on the coast aijd in .the interests, of .the .320.p3j3S.enge.rs,:.who thus could be more readily landed in the event of an emergency. The Orient Company's branch agents in Sydney last riight dispatched four expert members of the fii'e brigade by fast car to Twofold Bay. They are equipped'with gas masks and oxygen apparatus. ".-.'....""'. ■ The fire occurred in a cargo of coir fibre, which was difficult to subdue. A message received early this morning from the commander of the Ormonde stated that the fire had been confined to one hold and' was practically extinsel would leave Twofold Bay during the morning and would arrive m Sydney by midnight.