EXPLOSION ON SHIP AT WOOLOOMOOLOO
WRECKAGE PALLS ON ROOPS. United Press Association—By Lleetrll Telegraph —Copyright. Received Tuesday 8.30 p.m. SYDNEY, June 25. A terrific explosion on board the American motor ship Galvastcn, at Wooloomooloo wharf, shook tho vessel from stem to stern. A greaser nearby was badly burned. Men on the wharves thought the vessel would sink A small boiler on the upper deck backfired, a great sheet of flame shot up, and wreckage from the boilerroom fell on the roofs. There was the greatest excitement in the neighbourhood for many minutes.
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Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6945, 26 June 1929, Page 6
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92EXPLOSION ON SHIP AT WOOLOOMOOLOO Manawatu Times, Volume LIV, Issue 6945, 26 June 1929, Page 6
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