LAUNCH CATCHES FIRE
LYING AT WELLINGTON WHARF
(BY PRESB ASSOCIATION.) WELLINGTON, March 6. When' the fishing launch Princess was lying alongside the Taranaki Street wharf, an. explosion was followed by flames enveloping the little vessel. Messrs Maeo Brothers, the owners, were in the cabin forward of the engine-room at the time. They hurriedly clambered on the. deck and began pumping water into the engine-room. Then the fire brigade arrived and poured a large quantity of water into the launch, which settled on the bottom. The vessel had just landed a catch of fish, and. the only theory accounting for the explosion is that somehow a pocket of fumes ignited on contact with the air: , - , , , The launch is considerably damaged, and, as she was not insured, the owners will be heavy losers.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 6 March 1926, Page 9
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131LAUNCH CATCHES FIRE Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 6 March 1926, Page 9
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