LAUNCH ON FIRE
PARTY REACH SHORE SAFELY
WAIHI, Jan. 2
During the holidays an oil launch owned by Mr W. H. Ross was destroyed by fire in Whangamata harbor. A party was starting out on a voyage when the engine back-fired. An effort to extinguish the _ subsequent fire failed, the craft ultimately sinking in ten feet of water. Meanwhile the party got ashore safely. P.A.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 10193, 4 January 1926, Page 5
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65LAUNCH ON FIRE Gisborne Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 10193, 4 January 1926, Page 5
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