FIRE ON STEAMER.
INQUIRY AT NEWCASTLE
FINDING OF THE CORONER.
(Received' April 10. 9.53 p.m.)
SYDNEY. April 10
'At (he inquiry at Newcastle into (ho fire which nearly destroyed the oil tanker British Honour on February 21 the coroner returned a, verdict (o the effect (hat the, outbreak was caused by (lie starboard sea-v.ilve being left open by a member of the crew. This allowed benzine lo escape. into (lie harbour. It. is understood that (he cost of repairs (o the vessel will be £30,000.
Fire broke out on board (lie. modern oil (anker British Honour in Newcastlo ll.'ii'lour ou February 24. She carried a <;ir_'o i>f <IOOO loirs of oil. Tim vessel's forecastlo be<amc a mass of Hames, wliicli leapt upward 100 ft. One of the masts was ali-lil lo tho top. Then came h. succession of explosions resembling .1. broadside from a !»;it {.les! 1 ij». Iho wharf taught fire ; 111 > 1 sheds were destroyed or damaged, Tho forecast|i: was blown away anil tho .bridge, willi ils expensive naiil.ifil inslrumen)s, was wrecked. J'oiir memtins of the crew were injured. The fire was said lo have originated in a watersido tnnher yard, (he dailies from f-hieh set fire In oil which had been T-ilt on fiic water. The Hames quickly travelled lo the tanker.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20537, 11 April 1930, Page 11
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