SHIP EXPLOSION
SEVENTEEN DEAD• 50 HURT. « *
AMSTERDAM, November 12.
Seventeen people were killed and 50 seriously injured,, by explosions on the Greek tanker, Petrakia Nomikos, which was being repaired at Schiedam, dockyard. *• The first. explosion blew the after part of the ship to pieces. Tn the second explosion the ent'.re deck and funnel were destroyed; the rescuers being pinned beneath the wreckage.
Flames raced along the length of the oil-soaked structure, driving off the firemen. ,
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Hokitika Guardian, 12 November 1936, Page 2
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