Polar Pathways: Robert E. Peary's Arctic Expeditions
1905- Newfoundland Coast: Fire Alarm
“Thursday July 7th-- … Passed Cape Anguille on the Newfoundland Coast at breakfast time, and the Red Island and the bold cliffs of Cape St. George after noon. Soon after dinner an alarm of fire was caused by the catching of one of the main deck-beams over the uptake from the boilers. A stream from one of the fire hoses was coupled on in readiness and needed but the opening of a valve to turn the water on, quickly extinguished the fire, which was apparently caused by the more gaseous nature of the Sydney coal, and the combustion and heat in the stack instead of in the boiler. It was then discovered that several sections of the water-tube boilers were leaking, and the fires were immediately drawn to let the boilers cool for examination; the Roosevelt steaming along under the Scotch boiler only.” - Robert E. Peary in Nearest the Pole, published in 1907
