THE PORT KEMBLA.
SOME INCIDENTS. One man was actually sitting on No. 1 hatch when the bomb exploded. He was having a cup of coffee while waiting to go to the crow’s nest. The next think lie knew he was in the scuppers. A case of jam gave him a nasty bruise on tho leg. Another man says that the fumes after the explosion nearly did for him. From what many of the crew state strong suspicion attaches to a man who was working in No. 1 hold but who did not sail with tho vessel. A fireman who was on duty said that the explosion filled the stokehold with coal dust and ashes blinding the men lor tlu> time being. Coal was thrown all over the place, and for a while the stokeTiold was in darkness. When it cleared the men rushed on deck. The force of the explosion threw the cargo out of the holds in all directions. Some men wore thrown out of their bunks, and a few of them bear bruises that were caused by being thrown against the side of the ship. It is marvellous that the injuries wero so few and slight.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 September 1917, Page 3
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198THE PORT KEMBLA. Hokitika Guardian, 22 September 1917, Page 3
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