LINER SINKS AT PIER
THREE FIR TAIL N MU 88 IN G;. Hl/RiLED INTO AIR BY EXPLOSION. (Jailed Press Assn, by El. Tel- Copyright NEW YORK, Feb. 11. The North German Lloyd liner Muenchen was burned and sank at a pier in Hudson River tu.dav shortly alter her arrival from Bremen. The loss of the ship is estimated at 1,000,0 U) dollars. (£200,000.), and the cargo at 500,COO dollars (£100,000). Three firemen are missing. They were hurled into the river by a series of explosions. Seven men were injured. One of the crew is believed to have been burned to death. Spontaneous combusion among packs of nitrate of potash is i.aimed lor the niigin of the fire.
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXX, Issue 11130, 13 February 1930, Page 5
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