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I remember, when I sailed in the Rhexenor 1954/6, scavenger fires seemed to be almost routine for a while, it must have been very worrying for the engine room staff, probably frightening??. We, the deck dept. became used to the fire alarm sounding in the middle of some sultry night in the Red Sea or Indian Ocean, the engines stopped, the ships whistle signalling the location of the fire, (I am not sure what the signal for the engine room was), jumping out of our bunks and joining the fire party. I know that I was in the smoke helmet party for a while, often having to wear the helmet. It looked spectacular especially at night, great flames leaping out of the funnel, lighting the night sky. I don't know what the passengers felt, were they worried? or did it add to the adventure of voyaging on a cargo liner? Bruce
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