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Show STEAMER HAS A NARROW ESCAPE Cargo of Hemp on Fire Captain Cap-tain and Crew Fight Desperately Des-perately for Four Hours. New York. Jan. 12. The Anchor Line Steamer Perugia. In today from Mediterranean ports, had a narrow-escape narrow-escape from serious injury by fire, when west of the Azores. Smoke was discovered among bales of hemp in No. hold and when the hatches were opened a black cloud rolled up from the smoldering cargo. A gale was blowing at the time The crew fought the fire by hauling haul-ing out as much of the hemp as possible pos-sible and flooding the hold For a time the fire seemed to be spreading and the captain turned the ship back on its course, seeking to reach the Azores. A wireless message was sent reporting the fire. After a fight of four hours, however, the blaze was brought under control. The captain again changed the direction of the ship and proceeded on his way west. OO |