The second harbour fire during the week that required the services of the Municipal Departmenti broke out on the str. Gaelic Prince on Thursday morning at 10.25 $P' o'clock in the No. 1 hold. Tha ship was tied up at the Standard Oil Wharf on the Pootung sidd and og it was some distance from the nearest fire fighting apparatus it devolved upon the crew and the shore force to take measures, which they did promptly.
The Department reported that the ship had just finished discharging the cargo of gasoline in the hold, and outside men had come to clear up the debris, mostly broken cases and lumber for holding the cargo in place when suddenly an explosion was heard, which injured and burned two of the labourers. The crew ran-a hose to the scene and the foreigners on the wharf led the workmen to lay three or four lines to play on tha flames. As the flames were rising the Yangtszepoo Division crossed the river in sampans, as did the Chief. Officer. The Brigade float arrived ard was followed shortly by the Customs float, but the fire was well under control when these arrived.
The Chief Officer directed the removal of the two victims from the depths of the hold and the men of the Yangtszepoo Division applied first aid measures. The two men were badly burned about the face, the chest and arms and were taken across the river in a launch, and thence to Shantung Road Hospitel. It was apparent that although the gasoline had been removed from the hold, the fire might have still been nasty buri for the prompt and efficient work of the staff of the wharf and the crew of the vessel.
It. is learned that the condition of the injured is serious, there be ing severe burns on the face, head and upper portions of the body, while the hair had been burned from the face and skull. No definite statement, however, can ba made as to their chances of recovery.
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