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Thought these
could be of interest to the Society - photos were from a newspaper.
They were taken in 1967 after I had left the Merchant Navy. I sailed
on her in 1962. She was homeward bound from Bluff to Panama when a
fire started in the passengers accommodation below the bridge. It
burned out the bridge and seven lives were lost. She put back to
Wellington - steering was from emergency position aft. Interior
photograph is of the burnt out bridge. She was patched up
temporarily and only did one more trip without passengers before she
was scrapped. Roy Massicks
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