Launch Destroyed By Fire
{New Zeaiano Press Association AUCKLAND, January 13.
A man leapt to safety this I torning when an engine explosion set fire to his launch of Oneroa. He is Mr A. McCallum, chief engineer of the Pakura. He was in the after-cabin when he pressed the starter button. The motor “exploded like a cannon,” blowing off the roof of the forward cabin. Mr McCallum leapt into his dinghy, rowed off to safety, and saw flames destroy the launch, Alanneh, which was valued at £l2OO.
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Press, Volume XCVII, Issue 28484, 14 January 1958, Page 5
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