Further explosions continued to} tear up pieces of the deck and superstructure and fling them high into the dir, These explosions, as might be assumed, were of tremendous force and soon weakened the structure of the ship which, following a final explosion at about 11.30 a.m, began to tink rapidly by the stern.
The water poured into the ship with such force and rapidity that the fire-Ten and sailors fighting the flames had to abandon ship with the utmost speed, lest they be either drowned or drawn down with the ship. This really ended the fire, although the Huning remained alongside the steamship, which settled slowly into the mud, until Jate afternoon, when the firefioat retuned to her berth alongside the Customs Jetty.
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