Woman survivor of the wreck of the Bokuya Maru on July 18. picked up in mid-Pacific rescuers oars in picture). The Bokuya Marti 9000 tons) sank in 20 minutes after nitrate cargo exploded. Of 212 passengers and crew, four were killed. The rest were saved.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 August 1939, Page 7
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45Woman survivor of the wreck of the Bokuya Maru on July 18. picked up in mid-Pacific rescuers oars in picture). The Bokuya Marti 9000 tons) sank in 20 minutes after nitrate cargo exploded. Of 212 passengers and crew, four were killed. The rest were saved. Wairarapa Times-Age, 29 August 1939, Page 7
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