Fire in the Bunkers
POSSIBLE EXPLANATION Or LOSS OF THE PARING A.
United Press -Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.
MELBOURNE, Jan. 10,
A report that a lire occurred in the bunkers of the Paringa several days before she left on her last voyage suggests that the vessel may have foundered in heavy seas after a fire or explosion in her bunkers. Tho report of the fire is confirmed by the four Chinese seamen from the Vincas. It is established that the Paringa cast oh the derelict tanker Vincas on Christmas Day 31 hours before she spoke by wireless to the motor-ship Hauraki.
The Paringa left Melbourne on December 23 for Japan with the Vincas
in tow,
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Manawatu Times, Volume 61, Issue 9, 11 January 1936, Page 7
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