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IISII MM NEW NAVY FIRE BOAT—Throwing hundreds of gallons dian Navy fire boat Nashwaak is shown here on a practice ed from a tug, and is equipped with the latest type fire fire calls in the harbor area in conjunction with other fire # # # # # * # # *• First fire boat of the Royal Canadian Navy has gone into servicei in Halifax, to give added protection against fire aboard ships inj:he harbor or at jetties- or piers in H. "....... of Halifax. 24-Hour Service ' Operated under the control of the Naval Command Fire Chief, Lieut. William J. Carson, R. C'. N. V.. R», <Regina, and Warrant Officer H. Coxon, of Windsor, Ont., the new fire boat, Nashwaak, is a 73-foot wooden hull craft, converted to its present use. from a tug. The conversion work was done at the naval and underwater repair shed and marine slip in the Dockyard. Nashwaak, ready at a moment's notice, 24 hours a day, will respond to alarms for ship fires in the harbor, and also will answer, with other fire apparatus, calls from jetties and areas . on the waterfront. M. C. Dockyard and in the Port .fumps in the fire boat can throw 2,000 i gallons of water a minute, either through eight two-and-a-half inch hose lines, or through two deck guns or turret guns. Latest type equipment ip-, eluded modern marine fog noz-! zles, emergency cutting torch I j apparatus, emergency breathing ' apparatus for work in smoke orjj fumes, and resuscitation gear ancf first aid equipment. First Of Several Nashwaak is the first of several fire boats planned for the Navy. A number of new steel-hull fire boats,, at present being built in Quebec, are expected to be ready for delivery to the Navy -this Spring. They will be allocated to naval bases along the East Coast, Newfoundland, and the Pacific Coast. of water per minute in towering jets, the Royal Cana-run in Halifax harbor. The 73-foot craft was convert-boat apparatus. She is ready 24 hours a day to answer fighting apparatus. Ship Damaged By Fire Beached Near Quebec Quebec, May 14 — The 2,000-ton freighter Moyra, owned by Moira Shipping Company, Ltd., was beached at nearby Beauport after Quebec firemen had brought under control a blaze which caused damage reported as "considerable" to the ship on the St. Lawrence River 20 miles below Quebec. No casualties were reported aboard the freighter, which was heading from Montreal to Newfoundland. FREIGHTER BREAKS AWAY The Mercin C. Fan-, a 600-foot freighter, owner by the Tomlinson Steamship Co., Cleveland, broke away from two tugs in the St. Clair river as she was being docked at Port Huron last night, smashed a boathouse and pier and then drifted out into midstream where she narrowly escaped collision with two other freighters.