The Dangerous Cargo of the Karang (1911)

The Straits Times on the 11th of July, 1911 reported the following news from the local magistrate’s court: “The full charge was that, on or about June 9, within the Settlement of Singapore, dangerous petroleum was loaded under deck on the steam vessel Karang, a vessel which was not constructed for the carriage of petroleum in bulk and which had not the confining bulkhead of the cargo holds constructed for iron or steel…” Ship Name: Karang  Ship Built: 1875 Ship Nationality: Singapore  Ship Type: Steam Powered Iron Hulled Packet Ship  Ship Wrecked: 1911 Location Wrecked: About 3/4ths of a mile from Tanjong Pagar Singapore  Reason for Wreck: Fire in the cargo hold  Lives Lost: None  Sources:  https://www.sgpbusiness.com/company/Labuan-Steamship-Co-Ltd https://books.google.com/books?id=f2RjEAAAQBAJ&pg=PA95&dq=karang+labuan+steamship+company&hl=en&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjG4ImVjLyIAxVQmYkEHQ6wHp0Q6AF6BAgIEAI#v=onepage&q=karang%20labuan%20steamship%20company&f=false https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19110711-1.2.63?qt=karang,%20fire&q=karang%20fire https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19110629-1.2.50?qt=karang,%20fire&q=karang%20fire https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19110706-1.2.28?qt=karang,%20fire&q=karang%20fire https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsecho19110826-1.2.27?qt=karang,%20fire&q=karang%20fire https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19111228-1.2.3?qt=karang,%20fire&q=karang%20fire https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/pinangazette19110612-1.2.30?qt=karang,%20fire&q=karang%20fire https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19110615-1.2.14?qt=ship,%20fire&q=ship%20fire https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/singfreepressb19110612-1.2.18?qt=karang,%20fire&q=karang%20fire https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19110831-1.2.29?qt=karang,%20fire&q=karang%20fire https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/singfreepressb19110617-1.2.51?qt=karang,%20fire&q=karang%20fire https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsbudget19111123-1.2.6?qt=karang,%20fire&q=karang%20fire https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitsechomail19110616-1.2.46?qt=karang,%20fire&q=karang%20fire