EXPLOSION ON THE HUIA.
,An explosion occurred on the coastal steamer Huia, at Wellington yesterday morning. The Huia Avas loaded Avith a cargo of case oil for Foxton, and it appears that there Avas a small leakage of benzine, which a member of the ship’s company approached with a naked light, this action causing the explosion. Fortunately there Avas no outbreak of fire, and with the exception of the lifting of the after hatch and the destruction of a few cases of benzine, no damage Avas done to the ship. No one was injured.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1793, 23 February 1918, Page 3
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94EXPLOSION ON THE HUIA. Manawatu Herald, Volume XL, Issue 1793, 23 February 1918, Page 3
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