LOSS OF PARINGA
SUGGESTION OF FIRE POSSIBLE CAUSE OF FOUNDERING MELBOURNE, January 10. A report that fire occurred in the bunkers of the Paringa several days before she left on her last voyage suggests that .the vessel may have foundered in heavy seas after a fire or explosion in her bunkers. The report of fire is confirmed by the four Chinese seamen from the Vincas.
It is established that the Paringa east off the derelict Vincas on Christmas Day, 31 hours before she spoke by wireless to the motor ship Hauraki.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22776, 11 January 1936, Page 11
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91LOSS OF PARINGA Otago Daily Times, Issue 22776, 11 January 1936, Page 11
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