THE LOSS OF THE ORINI.

Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18403, 9 June 1925, Page 34

THE LOSS OF THE ORINI.

I. II —— , HOW THE FIRE STARTED. V • • (FBKSS ASSOCIATION , TILEBBiMd ■ : , '"WELLINGTON,- June 'B. • The crew of the Orini, which" was burned on Friday in Cook jStirait, have reached-Wellington.,., . . . Bertidge, the engineer, was severely burned about the right hand and- wi'ifet. TJie crew had to leavo the ship.hiirriedr ly. when it; was realised .that the. fire in. the•cargo 0f'2500 cases J of benzine oould not be combated. Some lost their- effects and papers v The Orini, an auxiliary scow, > tinder Captain G. Iloff,. left Castlecliff 'at midday on Tuesday with caSo oil from the stranded Cyrena, • Sortie hours later the vessel ran- into, heavy southeasterly-., weather j lyhich' compelled: hof , to shelter in Port Hardy, D'.Urville Island, on AVedneßday ©veiling, till Friday, when eh©,'weighed anchor: >■ At I p.nj,' a coin-so was set;for Wellington, using the engines, one of which backfired; About aiv'hour. later' the carburettor blazed up and the flames..spread. All -efforts'to suppress* them: proved useless. •The'fire-'spread so rapidly that it reached the cargd -as the boat pulled away, and the ship was eoon a mass of' flames. _ • r The crew reached IVtuki a couple of houi's later. " : . v -