Mystery Fire In Queen Elizabeth -- Firemen and dock hands are seen fighting the blaze on board the Queen Elizabeth, today March 8, which broke out in the bedding store of the isolation hospital on the Port side of the promenade deck. A Mystery fire broke out in the world's largest liner - The Queen Elizabeth, in dock at Southampton, today March 8. Police assisted by Cunard White Star officials are probing the mystery of the outbreak, which luckily confined to the isolation hospital. It has been officially stated that the damage to the ?6,000,000 liner is slight. March 08, 1946. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).