BURNING OF THE COOMA.
CARETAKERS' NARROW ESCAPE.
(BT CABLE —PBESS A9BOCIATIO* COPrRIGHT.I A>*D K.Z. CABLE ASSOCIATIOH.) (Received January 28tn, 11.40 p.m.) BRISBANE, January 28. Details of the burning of the steamer CoOnia show that the three caretakers aboard were asleep for an hour while the ship was burning before they awakened. All that time the lighthousekeeper from the light on the North Beef had been standing off the vessel calling to them. By the time they reached the rescuing boat the Cooma was on fire from stem to stern. The outbreak is thought to be; due to eponianeohs combustion in the rotting cargo in one of the after holds, or to have been caused" by lightning, of which "lere were frequent-flashes.
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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 18912, 29 January 1927, Page 15
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