Ingredients for a Big E

There was consternation in Papeete October when Chief of Police Waksmou a warning that there was danger o[?] plosion from a dump of petrol drunken above) on the waterfront.

The dump of 20,000 empty petrel had been built up some weeks preces arrival of the "Thorshall" which wa[?] them. Drums with a trace of petrolled to be more dangerous than fulfill especially when stacked in the blab shine.

A police guard was posted day [?] round the dump to keep smokers a[?] drums were eventually loaded on O[?] and Papeete relaxed.

Photo by Oscar