THE WAITOTARA.

Marlborough Express, Volume LI, Issue 155, 3 July 1917, Page 5

THE WAITOTARA.

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SPpNTANirpUS COMBUSTION

'. ,'■".' fT'iiE^'Association.] / , ; ' . XtICKLANDr July 2. . A vessel which; arrived at Auckland .to-day-reported.that the entire.•■ crfewof .the Waitptaraj reached Noumea f^ly. rhtfre was no accident 'of any kind; .17ie men were well provided with food in-.the boats,, which were picked up >vithin twentj«fourc hp%s after, the abandonment of tlie'lslnp. The. fire started in rone of the, holds, presumably as a result of spontaneous combustion. ......... :- '" ' '

.The captain left the steamer in his pyjamas. The crew behaved admirably. . : ~