Fire On Gsr Go’S Rona
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Prom Our Own Correspondent
Suva, Dec. 28.
EARLY in the afternoon of Christmas Day, fire was discovered in coal in a bunker on the CSR Co’s ship, Rona, which was at Suva wharf.
Thereafter, for two days, there was little rest for Suva Fire Brigade, Police, or officers and crew of the ship.
Holes cut in steel bulkheads and the application of water-fog failed to deal with the situation completely and, finally, coal was unloaded from the top of the pile into a barge. When the seat of the fire was reached the Fire Brigade was able to deal with it.