Surviving Fire And Reef,

Freighter Reaches Suva

SUVA, December 30 AFTER surviving a fire which broke out in her forward cargo holds in mid- Pacific on December 16, and after spending 21 days on Horseshoe Reef (Cakau Momo atoll), 20 miles due east }f Levuka, the Canadian freighter Ivor Jenny, 7,500 tons, crept slowly into Suva larbour early on December 29.

Several craft from Suva hurried to her rid when she ran into the reef at 2.30 i.m. on December 26, but she got off under ler own power at 6.30 p.m. on December 28. She got rid of a good deal of cargo into the attendant vessels, and some ;argo (steel, nails, etc.) by dumping it nto the shallow sea alongside, where it ;an be recovered.

There still was a fire in the forward lolds when she reached Suva, and this lad to be put out. Then the minor iamage to the hull was assessed. Then ;he commenced to unload the 3,300 tons )f cargo she had aboard from Europe for ?iji. The balance of the cargo is for NZ

Suva, Jan. 10.

With fire out and cargo discharged, the wor Jenny lies here at anchor. Small loles in her hull must be repaired before ;he leaves for NZ. A diver is coming by tir from Brisbane.