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Muirfield - a general history

Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, Friday, October 20th, 1916:
FIRE ON BOARD WEST HARTLEPOOL STEAMER. London, Thursday Night. The s.s. Muirfield, which is on fire in her cargo cotton, has been considerably detained on the voyage, and the outbreak is quite possibly due spontaneous combustion, which likely occur in cotton-laden ships in such circumstances. The fire is believed to be in hand. The Muirfield is of 3,086 tons gross register, owned Messrs. Doughty and Co., of West Hartlepool, and including cargo interests, she is worth approximately a quarter of a million sterling. Casualties of this class, even if they do not result in actual total loss, bring extremely heavy claims on underwriters, and the holding up of tonnage during repairs is also serious.

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