SCHOONER DESTROYED.
EXPLOSION OP BENZINE.
Per Press Association, i \ % AUCKLAND, July 16, A four-matted schooner, loaded with kerosene ami benzine, was destroyed by lire at Fiji on June 22nd, The fire was caused by an explosion resulting from a Fijian watchman ;:trikinrr a match close to the hatch. The watchman jumped overboard and swam ashore.
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North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13934, 17 July 1917, Page 2
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55SCHOONER DESTROYED. North Otago Times, Volume CV, Issue 13934, 17 July 1917, Page 2
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