RED SEA HEAT.

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 664, 15 November 1909, Page 7

RED SEA HEAT.

■^y:;; J^y'' viN;; : one- ;-day. ;■ ; v:; pf. ,'■:' : ' ; 'TlieV,worst;|voyage,; I've::'over hadl" ;>iras ■.;•■ ■::ythe;>comment -of 'i&hpi E.l> J.;, Dickie,'. of. WeW lington;-whd'gourneTed.as : far;-as;An3tralia in : ;.v.;.states -that' .(he; vessel—a '':hngo'-, liner—broke ;. down nofewer than;five "times, during the. 'voyage: S.One' of. the; breaks-down {occurred the *;'<.day ; Vafter;;they-. leftvPort, Said; and, -as. a ; :), .resalt, thej,vessel' could - only; steam veight or. : ;:-: ; '/;'nUeV;]aot$,;.thTpugh, : ;-:ihe.'>blinding 'heat that '.;,:y;qlbsed in:on'.the suip.-.f rdm either <side.-' :' ■. (^^vTyou^ban'tvimagine:;'whatsit like-rj .>;.vvv6iddn't:vgi> : '-,:- ; ; Pn; the second/day but;fromV'Port; Said/four ~.;/:':people, died ;fainted ..from.-;the ; effects ~•'■'■•'.,sof:v.the'. suffoca'Hrig,;;heat;'-; -M -:dbn't, remember : ; ■'•'!'•"- what', the, temperature' .was/.o'n'.debk, .but 1 , it $::X reached..; 11?lapses'/in;my':cabih. i' God' help, ;';■',/, the heaty-inust'■ have" been ter-, ~':?,."ribhv'down vwhere','thy were.'.working; rcplaoingf ;,';;;V.*'-''o'jlinder- or kind." ■:.; ; •'-:; ;..-^; : : , the bodies' at sea?; ■■://■ ■ %'.:' :; ■ : : '-''■■■ '?Tes j (..but-, all the 'passengers' know/'bf it is '•■p. : the.stoppage;of.-the engines for a' few'minutes; 'V;' The;;-bld*,idea;.;of.^nssombling.'-the'ship's' com- ■;',;. pany.'ahd' : passengers,.and-going'right' through' r/.; the. burial, servioej is all; done;away with'-on, .. the;big liners. .The' burial usually : takes place' ,';;'; . a /couple of,-nours+after.: .death—the.. body is ;>.-,launched :oyer., the' bows> but lot sight, of the v-v:.; : paßseiigeT-deekfl,.'':a': , Bhbrt!';iserTioe'-'-':only''':'l)eing' ; ; jTcadi by. the;.caplain.>;or' one' of; the ; officers., ••~;;:>The ■solemn/sorvloexwastfbund.,tb 7 affeot-.6onie ■/:>., people serionsly;,at<sea,f and.it .was 1 very un- :'•; settling isa all on board, ; .6P ; a:change;has been :v-.;. brought, about. ••-;£;;'■ ~ : -''~ : P ■'.• : --'.•'.'?■. :, --» .''■■'■ P :; - : : , heat.;in;.the Eed-Sea-r :■;. lots. I ,of!people refused :tol'lefeve.the dedkß at ';•;'::, <;.nign)i,' , and' , ,mothets;'saty;.up; ; aU inight'.oh'the ;;\;; : boat-deck'ifanning;: their.-babies' to keep, the, '■■>; ■ blbatn ;if life in them, while they,'themselves :,.*";-.-;;were;gas^ihg; : fo'r';breoth "■'..'!.-c i :..-V--'> •;,- ■'.-''<■ /'•.'■•■■''."■.■'•