THE IMPERATOR FIRE.
THE FATE OF GOBRECHT. (By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright.) LONDON, August 29. The English newspapers give stirring details of the fire on tho Imperator. Tho second officer, Gobrccht, while standing on the bridge looking through a glass-covered firo alarm containing thirty-three tubes connected with various parts of tho ship, observed emoko in one tube. He touched . a button automatically directing jets of steam into tho burning rooms. He equipped himself and others with smoke helmets, but was overcome by fumes, being wedged in a bunker, the door ol which automatically closed. The fire brigade reached Gobrecht. and desperate efforts were made to extricate him, but the brigado were forced to abandon tho attempt.
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Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14759, 1 September 1913, Page 7
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114THE IMPERATOR FIRE. Press, Volume XLIX, Issue 14759, 1 September 1913, Page 7
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