THE MATATUA DISASTER
EXPLOSION ADDS TO HORROR. LONDON, March 25. The Daily Mail reports that the hole in the Matatua’s side is thirtysix by fifty feet. The interior of th 0 forecastle resembles a house that has been shelled. The iron bwj have been twisted into shapeless masses, and bodies unrecognisable are crushed and intermingled with the smashed woodwork. The friction of the grinding plates during the collision set flr e to the woodwork, and there was an explosion resembling the bursting of boilers.
The men rushed to the lifeboats, but discipline quickly reasserted itself. Wireless appeals for assistance were sent and hoses played on the flames. The Yanklee ship kept her nose in the holo and pushed the Matatua two miles. LONDON, March 25Eight men are missing on the Matatua. They have been identified all as greasers with addresses in London. A tug brought to Gravesend five mutilated bodies. Three are still missing.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 18974, 27 March 1924, Page 5
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