OIL, FIRES.—Foam compound being hosed on to blazing oil and petrol at Iron Cove, Melbourne, during an ' demonstration. More than three hundred and fifty gallons of blazing petrol n»cre confined to a small area by a locallyinvented floating boom. In an emergency booms mill isolate oil storage areas from the rest of the harbour.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 225, 23 September 1941, Page 5
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54OIL, FIRES.—Foam compound being hosed on to blazing oil and petrol at Iron Cove, Melbourne, during an ' demonstration. More than three hundred and fifty gallons of blazing petrol n»cre confined to a small area by a locallyinvented floating boom. In an emergency booms mill isolate oil storage areas from the rest of the harbour. Auckland Star, Volume LXXII, Issue 225, 23 September 1941, Page 5
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