LAUNCH CREW'S STIFF FIGHT WITH FIRE
THAMES, Jan. 13. Wliile cruising iii the Hauraki (Tuif some distance from Coromandel, a Thames lauuch party, Messrs. F. Adanisou (owner), H. Gfillop, P. Webb an?l A. Rowe, had a ver-y unpleasant experience: Tlie ■ eiigine "began to . fail and wliile the owner attempted to make adjustments a can bf oil cxploded and caught aliglit, the fire spreading over tlie engine. The cre'w fought the flanies desperately for some time and were able to prevent the fire reaching thb fuel tank. Eventually it was brought under control. The iaunch was later tpwed to Coroniandel. The erew Sufferecl .superficial. injuries. • • ,
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Chronicle (Levin), 14 January 1948, Page 7
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