FIRE ON DEFENDER.
VESSEL A TOTAL LOSS
[Pee Press Association.]
WELLINGTON, August 3,
The Marino Department is now investigating the destruction of th© Defender and a Magisterial inquiry will lie held, but as the vessel is a total loss it is probable that the preliminary inquiry! will be dispensed with. The vessel is burned to the water's edge. She was valued at'about £SOOO, but particulars as to insurance are not obtainable yet.
Apart from the loss of the vessel, winch is a serious matter at the present time, 1132 cases of motor spirits were destroyed.
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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17860, 5 August 1918, Page 6
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95FIRE ON DEFENDER. Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17860, 5 August 1918, Page 6
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