An item reported that last Thursday evening a guard discovered smoke coming from behind a door of a powder chamber of board of the French naval transport Vinh Long eighteen days earlier returned from Morocco and now anchored off the arsenal at Toulon. While in the meantime was telephoned for assistance started the crew with putting out the fire which succeeded after 1,5 hour.(1)
Note
1. The newspaper Middelburgsche Courant dated 20 April 1911 reported that she was to be ready for departure towards Morocco. The newspaper Vlissingse Courant dated 27 April reported the departure of a troop transport but without supplying a name.
