BURNED TO WATER'S EDGE
TOWING LAUNCH DESTROYED [Per United Press Association.] AUCKLAND, February 9. The towing launch Dauntless was totally destroyed by fire off Marnetai Reef early on Wednesday morning when towing a. barge loaded with shingle from Ponui to Auckland. The loss is estimated at about £6W. When off Marnetai Reef Captain Cole, who was thou on deck, noticed smoke issuing from (he engine room. On . investigating be found that a fire had broken out, and that the flames were spreading rapidly. Captain Cole cut the Dauntless adrift from the barge, and headed the launch at full speed for the reef. He succeeded in running the craft aground before water commenced to pour into it. The launch was burned to the water's edge.
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Evening Star, Issue 19787, 10 February 1928, Page 10
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124BURNED TO WATER'S EDGE Evening Star, Issue 19787, 10 February 1928, Page 10
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