BURNED AND SUNK

Dominion, Volume 24, Issue 225, 19 June 1931, Page 9

BURNED AND SUNK

Fate of Luxurious Vessel FIRE ON LINER BERMUDA Hamilton (Bermuda), June 17. The motor-ship Bermuda, 20,000 tons, operated by the Furness-Bermuda Line, between here and New York, sank at the pier on Wednesday morning. The bridge and superstructure were burned away, and the stern of the vessel is resting on the bottom. Fire broke out in an elevator shaft, necessitating flooding of the stern tanks. Four men were badly burned. There was no loss of life, and no passengers were on board.

The damage to the Bermuda represents one of the heaviest marine insurance “casualties" since the great fire on the German liner Europa in the builders yards, about two years ago. The Bermuda is in many ways a remarkable ship, and is one of the most luxuriously appointed liners in the world. Built at Belfast in 1927, the ship is owned by the Bermuda and West Indies Steamship Co., Ltd. (Furness, Withy and Co., Ltd.). Since the beginning of 1928 she has been running between New York and Hamilton, Bermuda, a distance of 650 miles, which she covers in. under two days. The Bermuda is 550 feet in length, with a breadth of 74 feet and a depth to the shelter deck of 45 feet. She has a gross register of 19,800 tons.. Seven decks are devoted to accommodation for 616 firstclass and 75 second-class passengers. There are no fewer than 250 first-class passenger cabins. The ship is propelled by four screws, driven by four sets of Doxford oil engines. . There was launched recently m England the 20.000-ton turbo-electric liner Monarch of Bermuda which is an even more palatial ship than the Bermuda. The success of the latter vessel has been such as to require the service of an additional ship.