SPARK FROM BATTERY CAUSES EXPLOSION
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kY U C_/lA-Li_A.iN jL)j o6pt. 4. An explosion and lire which was caused When a spark froin a fallinq battery ignited some white spirit vapour, Avrecked the electrician's storeroom and damaged other cabins on board the Government motor vessel Maui Pomare xvhen, the vessel waabout .150 miles from Auckland on Tuesday. A severe barn to'his hands Avas suffered by the chief electrician, Mr. II. E. CollinS, who was in the storeropm at the time, but there were no other easualties and the fire was. quick ly put out b3r means of a foam extinguisher. Mr. Collins was cleaning his hands in a tin of white spirit wrhen the roll of the ship dislodged a battery standing on a nearby shelf. In falling the battery apparently short circuited as it touched metal and a spai'k ignited the white spirit vapour. The wooden bulkhead of the storeroom was smashed bv the explosion and the fire spread quick] y. The force of the explosion bvpassed a nearby cabin but shattered the porc.elain water filter and damaged the bulkhead in a cabin several yards down the passage. No serious structural damage xvas done to the vessel afid the cargo of fruit and produce was unharmed.
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Chronicle (Levin), 6 September 1947, Page 5
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