A 7,000 ton cargo of sugar afire 4 stiff gale with a high running while "en route from Cuba Shanghai brought some anxious moments to those aboard the Trevanion of the Hain S. Lin St. Ives, Cornwall, it was revealed when the ship "docked at Ma kkenzie's wharf under charter to Mr,
nen Tai Hung Sugar Company of Pattison on behalf the Seinen The blaze which arose from cases unknown was in No. 3 hold aft and was discovered when the ship was 150 miles off the Californian coast heading for the mid-Pacific. Discovery came through the vigilant eye of Capt. J. C. Bate who noticed what believed to be steam issuing from 2 ventilator.
A quick investigation was made! and the searchers were greeted with bursts of smoke which poured from the hold as the covers were lifted. nian gale Capt, Bate lost no time in battening down the hatches and running several ines of hose into the hold involved.
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