Liverpool is in grave danger of a great fire. An oil-tanker broke its back in the Mersey a mile from the landing-stage at Liverpool, with the result that eight thousand tons of petrol were released late to-night] the spirit floating towards Liverpool The police have been mobilized to patrol the banks of the river and prevent people from throwing lights into the water.
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Police reinforcements have been rushed tothe landing stage at the head to prevent people from joking and the Fire Brigade has id out thousands of yards of sire-hose at the landing-stage in ease of emergency, while chemical extinguishers are also in readiness along the whole of the seven miles; to the dock.
The troop-shin California (17,000 tons), with 1,200 troops on board, in being towed from the landing-stage out of danger, into the river.
The Perit at an End Later.
The torn of the tide has relieved anxiety at Liverpool, cartying off the mass of floating petrol, which now carpets the sand-banks on the mouth of the Mersey.
Very strict precautions continue] to be enforced. Smoking is forbiden near the River Mersey and all the city's fire-fighting forces are standing
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