LAUNCH DESTROYED
FIRE BREAKS OUT IN ENGINE ROOM. AUCKLAND, February 9. The towing launch Dauntless was totally destroyed by fire off Maraetai Reef, early on Wednesday morning, when towing a barge loaded with shingle from Pounui to Auckland. The loss is estimated at about £5OO. When off Maraetai Reef, Captain Cole, xVfho was then on deck, noticed smoke issuing from the engineroom. On investigating he found that a fire had broken out. The flames spread rapidly. Captain Cole cut the Dauntless adrift from the barge and headed the launch at full speed for the reef. Hp succeeded in running the craft \ aground 'Before water commenced to it. / The launch was burned to the * water’s gdge.
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Grey River Argus, 10 February 1928, Page 5
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