FIRE ON THE MAKURA.
. : J ‘> MpH .'{ /J <‘ M '- * . ,iHivl JI aluoM J. ! .'i'-,- yrif! MAILS DAMAGED. ; ,i: ■; •if. 1 ! noejy ffwb _ ff [Per Press Association.] t Wellington, .April- 9- - ■
The Secretary. of the General Post Office has received word from the General Manager of the Union Company that the Sydney manager..cabled at noon yesterday that he ha)d received a wireless message from - the captain of the Makuri ~(hquqd,.,from Sydney to Auckland) as^qllow.su-7^
* ‘At 7.10 , p.ip., it, was Found that the mail room qn the port, side of No. 2 hold was dn firei A south-east gale was. blowing, hut the lire was extinguished at 7.30 p.m. The mails and cargo were considerably damaged by fire and water.” The captain added that he would wire further particulars .
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 78, 9 April 1913, Page 5
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