FIRE ON A STEAMER.
♦— ': NARROW ESCAPE OF ONE OF THB '- " . CREW.. '■' j ■ '-■":.'"■ '■* :i'y United Fins A_ooci_iio_.— By EUatri* Telegraph— Copyright (Received September 12, 8. id fc.in,) MELBOURNE, September 12. • A fire, which quiokly assumed alarnwhg proportions, occurred on the/ steamer I^el- • barra last night. The fire was apparently • due to the spontaneous combustion of * . quantity of nitre in the forehold. Tha ' flames spread so rapidly that the pantry- - man, named White, was imprisoned, tiui • was only rescued through a hole cot in thft upper deck just as the. flames scorched hia 1 back. The fire subsided almost as rapidly as it began. The cargo in No. 1 hold was y practically' burnt out. The' amount of damage done is unknown.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 7808, 12 September 1903, Page 4
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120FIRE ON A STEAMER. Star (Christchurch), Issue 7808, 12 September 1903, Page 4
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