Cause of fire on board of steamship Bergedorff unknown according to the Dutch newspaper Rotterdamsch nieuwsblad dated 17-12-1902

An item dated Hamburg, Germany 15^th reported that the Seeamt on the 13^th concluded that the cause of the fire on board of the steamship Bergedorf wasstill unknown and that her captain had done everything to extinguish it. She was underway from the Dutch East Indies towards Amsterdam, Netherlands when in the morning of the 5^th November three days after the departure from Port Said, Egypt a fire was discovered. She was forced to enter Messina, Italy where the fire was extinguished although cargo and ship were heavily damaged.