FIRE IN TANKER
(N.Z.P.A.-Reuter—Copyright) AMSTERDAM, Dec. 13. Fourteen members of the crew of a Liberian tanker unloading in Amsterdam were reported missing todaj’ after a series of explosions ripped through the ship. A blazing river of crude oil from the 33,759 ton tanker Diane, spewed over nearby wharves. Several hours after the first explosion lit up the fog-shrouded harbour, police announced that the fire was under control. Some of the 50-man crew dived from the tanker into the freezing harbour to escape the holocaust which injured 12 people and destoreyed dockside oil-handling installations. The ship was unloading 400,000 barrels of crude oil at the time of the first explosion.
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Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31862, 14 December 1968, Page 13
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109FIRE IN TANKER Press, Volume CVIII, Issue 31862, 14 December 1968, Page 13
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