OPerator TOOK HIS BOAT OUT FOR A TEST RUN ON CONTRARY CREEK BEFORE COMPANY ARRIVED. WHILE OUT, HIS BOAT CAUGHT FIRE AND HE ATTEMPTED TO PUT THE FIRE OUT BUT WAS UNSUCCESSFUL. THE FIRE ENGULFED THE BOAT AND SAMARITANS ASSISTED WITH PUTTING THE FIRE OUT. ONCE THE FLAME WAS EXTINGUISHED, THE BOAT SANK APPROXIMATELY 25-35 FEET NEAR THE LOCATION OF HIS DOCK.
TOWN OF MINERAL/HIGH POINT MAR