OIL TANKER AFIRE
1a is of CREW MISSING..; « (United Pres* Association— ByElectric ' 5 \ Telegraph—Copyright). ; . ' (Received this dnv nt 9. a.m.) . ROTTERDAM, Sept. 9. y The British oil-tanker Vimeira is ablaie; Three ,of • the crew jumped overboard and were drowned., (Twelve .others are missing and are believed to have been trapped in their cabins. The ' hlaze prevented. fireboats approaching , .ROTTERDAM, September 10, : The Vimeira lay in dock with considerable benzine floating round. Suddenly, this ignited presumably, by a . match-from a passing vessel. Flames, rushed up the vessel’s sides exploding the foremost tank. Five charred bodies •were recovered.
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Hokitika Guardian, 10 September 1929, Page 5
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96OIL TANKER AFIRE Hokitika Guardian, 10 September 1929, Page 5
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