NO SIGNS OF THE MOA
DISAPPEARS AFTER THE EXPLOSION BELIEVED TO BE IN DEEP WATER. (li\ TELEGRAPH— I'UESS ASSOCIATION.) WANGAXUI, This Day. The coastal steamer Moa, still burning, after the explosion of some of her inllammable cargo, drifted about a couple of miles seaward last evening till 7.30, when there was another terrific explosion. The flames continued to burn but soon began to subside and died out, and by this morning there was no trace of her. The pilot, Captain M'lntyre. is of opinion that she sank about two miles south-east of the harbour entrance, and a similar distance off the shore in a locally where the chart shows between sixty and seventy feet of water. He thinks that if she xvas still afloat she would still be in sight of the pilot station and if his surmise is correct and the steamer has gone to the bottom she will not be any danger to navigation. [Further details of the explosion and fire on the Moa appear on page 3.]
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 29, 4 February 1914, Page 8
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170NO SIGNS OF THE MOA Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 29, 4 February 1914, Page 8
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