After colliding with a freighter off the coast of the United States, the oil tanker Sparrows Point caught fire and had it not been for the prompt action of a coastguard rescue ship the tanker would have been a total loss. The photograph shows the rescue ship pouring water on to the stricken tanker.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26619, 15 November 1947, Page 7
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54After colliding with a freighter off the coast of the United States, the oil tanker Sparrows Point caught fire and had it not been for the prompt action of a coastguard rescue ship the tanker would have been a total loss. The photograph shows the rescue ship pouring water on to the stricken tanker. Otago Daily Times, Issue 26619, 15 November 1947, Page 7
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