BRITISH TANKER EXPLODES
MOTOR SHIP SINKS . NEAR PHILIPPINES (Rec. 11 p.m.) HONG KONG, Feb. 12. The British motor-ship, Femmoore, of 9000 tons, exploded before she sank off Palawan Island in the Philippines last Saturday, according to a written report today from the Norwegian master, Captain O. Olsen, of the 1268ton Panamanian freighter, Liberal, which rescued the Fernmoore’s crew of 36. The Liberal arrived in Hong Kong today without the Fernmoore’s survivors. She had transferred them on the same day that she rescued the crew to the British tanker, Tomogerus, now on her way to Singapore. Captain Olsen said in his report: “After smoke from the explosion cleared away, the Fernmoore had disappeared.”
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/CHP19540213.2.93
Bibliographic details
Press, Volume XC, Issue 27273, 13 February 1954, Page 7
Word Count
112BRITISH TANKER EXPLODES Press, Volume XC, Issue 27273, 13 February 1954, Page 7
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