BURNING OF FRENCH LINER.
CLAIM FOR REFUND OF! insurance. NEGLIGENCE ALLEGED. (Received July 13, 10.40 p.m.) LONDON, July 13. L The Paris correspondent of the "Morning Post" says it is reported that English insurance companies have filed a claim to recover £BOO,OOO paid on account of the fire in the Georges Phillipar, oa the ground that structural and electrical defects, and the negligence of officers, caused the disaster. , [On May 16, 1932, George Phiffipar (16,990 tons), the latest liner ol the Messageries Maritimes, which wa« launched in 1930, caught fire near Cap# Gardafui, at the eastern enu of the Gulf of Aden. She was bound from Marseilles to China. She had ..cost £1,000,000 to build. About 36 persons were lost.]
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19330714.2.85
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20907, 14 July 1933, Page 11
Word Count
120BURNING OF FRENCH LINER. Press, Volume LXIX, Issue 20907, 14 July 1933, Page 11
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Press. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 3.0 New Zealand licence. This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Acknowledgements
This newspaper was digitised in partnership with Christchurch City Libraries.
Log in