THE FRANGESTAN FIRE
A PASSENGER.'S STORY.
, (REI'TER'S TELIStAH.) (Received sth .April^ 2, p.m.>
PORT SUDAN, 4th April. . Sir Derrick Watson-was la passenger on the Frangestan;' In a thrilling narTative told to < Reuters- he. said that when the wireless woke him up he was alarmed" but ho merely regarded it as a joke of/ retaliation on many he, had played the previous day, but when he arose he found the passengers mustered on deck watching smoke rising from th? ventilators. Even then .he did not think it was serious;* but later the smoke increased, and. n it;. became" obvious .that tHe fire was not under control.: When the flames spread an aged pilgrim offered his small vessel of holy water, confident that it would quell the furnace. Meanwhile the II:-angestan >wirelessly communicated 'with; 47 ships. When ■ the Clan Maciver arrived the European passengers were.the first to be transferred, and. then the pilgrims, with their baggage. Night fell before the transfer had been completed,;'and smoke was then rising in dense clouds. ''•-..■
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 82, 5 April 1924, Page 8
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169THE FRANGESTAN FIRE Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 82, 5 April 1924, Page 8
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