LAUNCH DESTROYED BY FIRE
f, By Tbleghaph—Prtws Association. Auckland, May 10. The motor launch Tamuri was destroyed by fire off Stanley Point early this morning, tho engine having backfired and igniting a leakage of benzine. The owner of the launch, Athol Watson, clinging to the gunwale as the launch was burning furiously, was rescued, having escaped injury byjumping into the water. As it was impossible to extinguish the flames, the launch was scuttled.
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Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 194, 12 May 1924, Page 11
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73LAUNCH DESTROYED BY FIRE Dominion, Volume 18, Issue 194, 12 May 1924, Page 11
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