Four Firemen Injured as Flour Bags Are Thrown Out San Francisco, Feb, 21 Four firemen were injured here today when the burning British steamer Silver Guava suddenly keeled over at Pier 23. The firemen were buried by falling sacks of flour.
The Silver Guava caught fire earlier to-day. Two fireboats and twenty units of fire-fighting equipment. were rushed to Pier 23 in an attempt to extinguish the flames which were burning fiercely in the forward hold of the ship. The ship developed a pronounced starboard list after tons of water had been poured down the hold by firemen in an attempt to bring the fire under control.
Hemp was the chief cargo stored in the hold. Rough estimates placed the damage from fire and water between $10.000 and $15,000 before the ship keeled over.—United Press.
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