An item referred to the Army&Naval Journal reporting that the after 18 hours the crew of the American auxiliary cruiser Dixie captain G.A. Merriam succeeded in extinguishing the fire broke out in the centre of the 275 ton coal on board caused by spontaneous combustion.(1)
Note
1. Built as the E; Rio in 1893 by Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia, USA, acquired on 15 April 1898 and finally sold to be broken up on 25 September 1922.
