Ammunition Ship And Tanker Ablaze
NEW YORK, March 13.
All but nine members of the crews of a Liberty ship and tanker perished in fires and explosions when ships collided at sea in hense fog and burned and detonated for three weeks. The Liberty ship was fully loaded with combustions of the highest inflammability, including glycerine, resin, wax, oil, bales of cotton and tons of magnesium. The tanker was carrying high octane aviation spirit. The hulk of the Liberty ship has been towed to New York. None of her welding showed any cracks, despite the holocaust.
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Northern Advocate, 14 March 1944, Page 5
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