TRAGIC FIRE IN SYDNEY HARBOUR. — The Bellubera, an oil-burning vessel of the Manly ferry service, still smouldering on November 16 after the destructive fire which occurred while she was lying at the ferry wharf at Kurraba Point. Five men were trapped below, and only after continued efforts, which entailed the cutting away of portions of the ship with oxy-acctlyene torches, were they rescued.
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20587, 28 November 1936, Page 22 (Supplement)
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63TRAGIC FIRE IN SYDNEY HARBOUR.—The Bellubera, an oil-burning vessel of the Manly ferry service, still smouldering on November 16 after the destructive fire which occurred while she was lying at the ferry wharf at Kurraba Point. Five men were trapped below, and only after continued efforts, which entailed the cutting away of portions of the ship with oxy-acctlyene torches, were they rescued. Timaru Herald, Volume CXLII, Issue 20587, 28 November 1936, Page 22 (Supplement)
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