LAUNCH IN FLAMES
Petrol Fire Quelled With Coats and Sea Water TWO MEN RECEIVE BURNS Dominion. Special ...Service. . ! ' Auckland, November 5. ,An exciting experieuce.befell a party of Surfdale residents' wben fire broke out: in a launch in which' they were travelling to Auckland. In 'putting out the flames'Mr. C. Thornton,'storekeeper, of Surfdale,, and Mr. S. Tapper received burns. , .’A fault in the carburetter pipe caused, petrol’to'ignite. Mr?' Tapper was , trapped by the flames, but dashed tlirougli a wall of fire and . turned off the petrol. He and Mr. Thornton then threw several coats' over, the flames and -also emptied several buckets of water over, the fire. They were both exhausted when the fire was extinguished. , • A coastal steamer picked up the occupants of the .launch and towed the damaged vessel to port.
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Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 36, 6 November 1933, Page 6
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132LAUNCH IN FLAMES Dominion, Volume 27, Issue 36, 6 November 1933, Page 6
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