CARGO AFIRE.
CITY EDITION.
PUBLISHED AT 5 P.M.
MENACE IN MID-OCEAN. STEAMER RACES TO PORT WITH HOLD A FURNACE. By Telegraph-Fres« Association—Copyright. (Received Novomber U, 2 p.m.) HALIFAX (Nova Scotia), November 13. The steamer Muirfioldhead arrived afire, having steamed at top'speed from mkl-oeean, where her cargo of cotton in the forward hold burst intra flames. Steam was injected with throe pipes, but failed to extinguish the lire. The civic apparatus suppressed, the outbreak, saving cargo worth £IOO,OOO.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 10925, 14 November 1913, Page 6
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77CARGO AFIRE. Star (Christchurch), Issue 10925, 14 November 1913, Page 6
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