EXPLOSION ON TANKER
CAUSED BY SAILOR LIGHTING A PIPE TWO PEOPLE KILLED New York, November 30. A Swede named Handberg, a sailor on board the oil tanker Warwick, lying in Wilmington Harbour, struck a match to light his pipe. An explosion followed, blowing up the tanker. Two people were killed and six injured. The surrounding buildings were damaged. The total damage is estimated at £so,ooo,—Sydney "Sun” Cable.
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Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 58, 2 December 1926, Page 11
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67EXPLOSION ON TANKER Dominion, Volume 20, Issue 58, 2 December 1926, Page 11
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