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Show FIRE DESTROYS j TANK STEAMER Vessel With Cargo of Five j Thousand Barrels of Crude j Oil Set Ablaze by Gas j Ignition. I New York, April G. Tho tank J steamship San Cristobal, owned and j operated by tho Mexican Oil com- pany between Mexican and Gulf ports, waB destroyed by fire together with a I cargo of five thousand barrels of 1 crude oil on March 27 at Puerto Mex- j lco, according to reports brought I here today by the Ward line steam- j ship Santiago. I The fire started with nn explosion and endangered tho Santiago. Tugs I towed her out Into tho stream return- I ing for tho blazing tanker which I broko away and drifted near the San- I tiago which was badly scorched be- fore the tugs could again get lines D on the tanker and beach her. The j fire was said to have been caused by 1 an exposed light which ignited crude t oil gases. I The San Cristobal was built at I Now Castle, England, In 1906 for tho J Mexican Oil company. She was reg- j istered at 12S0 tons. oo I |