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SHIP'S HOLD ABLAZE

Native Crew Put Ashore (Ueoeived, 21 8.15 u.uiO SVDNEV, June 20. Wireless advice lias beexi receiveu tliali the Burus Philip uiotor sliip 3lacdliui is alire oii: Fortifieatioix Poijut. New Guinea. The reports stato thafc at L a.ni. the iire brjolce out in the i'uel oil wheu the vessel was en route from Lae to Madang: Tho fire developed seriously and the passeixgers took to tho boats, but after a little timo tlie fire was subdued and the passengers. nupibering 38. returned to the vosse at, 5 a.m. Shortly. aft-erwards a fire was discovered in No. 4 hatcli and it wat deexned advisable to put 150 oativ members of tlie crew aslxore. the •Tesse being, only six miles f'rom the coast The passeugers are sti'l uDuard. The latets advice • '.-Lv.-xi at. 5 h( o'clock this afternoon stclad that th> hatch had been seal.-ci and tlie fii apparently bao been subdued. The steamer Neptuna, which was 30 miles away when the fire broke out is gomg to tho Macdhui's assistnnci and will prolxably tow her to Madang but she cannot arrive at the soaae he l'oxe to-morrow. (See page 2 for carlier message).

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Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 132, 21 June 1937, Page 7

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SHIP'S HOLD ABLAZE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 132, 21 June 1937, Page 7

SHIP'S HOLD ABLAZE Hawke's Bay Herald-Tribune, Issue 132, 21 June 1937, Page 7

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