A TERRIBLE EXPLOSION
COLLISION STARTS FIRE ON SHIP OTTAWA, Dec 6. Later details show that the munition ship, which was bound for France, was leaving her moorings when she collided with another vessel. The force of the impact started a fire, which spread to the ammunition. The explosion left no trace of the ship. The crew, seeing the fire approach the hold, took to the boats, and it is believed that they escaped. The concussion threw over buildings ashore, and fires broke out in the whole north section of the city It is reported that several hundreds perished.
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Taihape Daily Times, 8 December 1917, Page 5
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