Police inspect liner
NZPA-Reuter Southampton Her engine-room badly damaged and her funnel blistered by fire that broke out' on a voyage to New York, the British ocean liner Queen: Elizabeth 2 berthed at her) home port of Southampton on Saturday. Her 1200 passengers, in-; [eluding about 780 Americans.; [began to leave the 66,851 ton; ICunard Line’s luxury ship' [yesterday. Cunard officials said ar-; rangements had been made; for all but 120 of them to! fly- to the United States, theirj destination when the fire; forced the liner to turn and limp back to Southampton' under reduced power. The! rest of the passengers were) on a round-trip cruise from' Southampton, and arrangements for them were discus-, sed yesterday.
Among the first to board! the ship when she docked was; Detective Chief Superintendent Cyril Holdaway, head of' the Criminal Investigation Department, of Hampshire,) the county where Southamp-; ton is situated.
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Press, 26 July 1976, Page 7
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