EXPLOSION OF NAPTHA
ON AN ENGLISH FREIGHTER
(By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association
NEW YOSK, June 24 Five men are missing and eight are seriously injured as the result of an explosion" of naptha, aboard the British freighter Egrcmont Castle at the dock. Tiie vessel’s cargo was 100,000 gallons of the highest airplane gasoline, 100,000 gallons of naphtha, and a large quantity of motor oil. The liames spread rapidly, though the holds were battened down and tho. vessel towed into the river and sunk. > .
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 26 June 1924, Page 5
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86EXPLOSION OF NAPTHA Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LVI, 26 June 1924, Page 5
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