A difficult fight against seemingly stupendous odds then began, the flames surging fiercely from the hold and threatening to envelop the whole ship in a sheet of fire at any moment, Explosions were going off at 10- minute intervals, almost with the regularity of clock-work, blowing sec-of the ship high into the air and ing the danger to the fire: was no sooner under cor el than the Japanese authorities de-to move the Wooling Maru over to the Pootung side of the river and beach her there. This operation enabled the flames to gain firm hold gain and when the ship was i m her superstructure and top deck caught fire and were soon a s of flames.
Under the instructions of Captain Gormah, the fire-float followed the Wooling Maru a the river, but was not able to come to grips the fire for some time, due to the huge tongues of flame belching out om the ship's side. The Huning's deck monitors and jets were brought into action and were successful in extinguishing the fire on the top deck. The fire-float was then able to get in closer and resume the attack on the hold.
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