Ton of Butter Crashes Into Ship's Hold
NEW FLYMOUTH. March 29. Sixteen men working in. No, 3 hold aboard the New Zealand Btar at present in the port of i\ew. Plymouth had an amazing escape from serious injury when 40 cases of whey butter weigtung a little more than a ton erashed violently from deck cevel to the bottom oi the hold.. The aCjCident oecurred wh'en a siing of butter was .being' hoisted by the ship's gear.. it apparently str'uek the. coaming rouhd the edge of the hold, dis-. lodging the retaining strap and hurledl its contents into the 60 foot depth of the hold. The butter was a total «iss and the cases were redncdd to.match-' wood, ' "
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Chronicle (Levin), 30 March 1949, Page 7
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118Ton of Butter Crashes Into Ship's Hold Chronicle (Levin), 30 March 1949, Page 7
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