TRANSPORT: Berengaria Blaze

Third biggest vessel in the world and oldest big liner afloat, Cunard White Star's Berengaria (launched as the German Imperator in 1912) last week sailed empty back to England on what may be her last Atlantic crossing—branded a fire hazard by the U. S. Bureau of Marine Inspection and Navigation. Once last year the Berengaria caught fire during an overhaul. In Southampton last month flames blazed for two hours below decks, burned out a section of the Berengaria's, third class, but did not prevent her sailing to the U. S. on schedule....

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