THE BURNING OF A SCHOONER.
[UY TELEGRAPH.—PRESS ASSOCIATION.]
liLUi'F, Monday. At the magisterial inquiry into the burning of tie schooner Brothers, held at the Bluff on Saturday, the Oourfc found that the primary cause was the leakage of benzoline stowed under the cabin floor, the liquid having been put there while loading in the afternoon on that day, with the consequence that the ship was burned. As to the consequent vaporisation which ensued, whereby the explosion took place, and whether the explosion was wilful or accidental, there was no evidence to show..
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XL, Issue 12268, 12 May 1903, Page 5
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