TANK EXPLODES.
DAPAAGE AT LYTTELTON. ALARM AMONG RESIDENTS. (P.y Telegraph —nress Association i CHRISTCHURCH. Saturday. With a mar that startle:! l.ylleJlm an explosion of sufllcionl force <• shake houses ill Hie vicinily marker the bursting into llnrnes of kerosenStored in a bulk lank in Hie Yacutli f < >il Company's compound at Lyllelloi lo day. I The force of Hie explosion bn- | heavy rivets holding the roof of tb tank in position. Great denis we: I imprinted in the topmost part of lb j tank’s sides as if it had been squeezed I’ by a giant band. Residents beard first of all a hissing sound like a ship Idling off steam. This was followed by a heavy exI plosion and puffs of greasy sniok-*. J The explosion occurred shortly after | I •*.:li) p in., when kerosene was hdn • J pumped into Ihe tank from Hie tanker - Henry Hundas. which was lying along side Hie oil wharf. i UUcials of the Vacuum Oil Cot. panv. including Ihe engineer and Ih chemist, who were in Lvifoiinn business when tlic fire broke out. would advance no theory i„ ncc«>.. for the outbreak.
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Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20273, 16 August 1937, Page 3
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187TANK EXPLODES. Waikato Times, Volume 121, Issue 20273, 16 August 1937, Page 3
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