FRANGESTAN FIRE
'A .VIVID SPECTACLE.
. PORT SUDAN, 4th April. An Italian ship standing by turned .searchlights on the Frangestan and disclosed an eerie spectacle. The 'smoking ship, was surrounded by swarms'1 of sharks, led by pilot fish. The crew remained on board. The wireless operator, despite the oppressive " heat and smoke, stuck'to his cabin till just before the captain ordered the crew, to abandon the ship. The flames spread from forward, devouring first the saloon, and then, the lounge under the bridge, on which the captain was standing at his post. The -ship listed heavily, settling by the head. So intense was the heat that the steel plates fell off like scales, leaving, the skeleton silhouetted against the roarings furnace. The. Tangistan's lights were sighted at 10 o'clock in the evening. It was then impossible for the captain to remain. As he departed he paused on the gangway and lighted a cigarette. Simultaneously the gangway caught fire. The proceedings throughout j '-were.moat orderly. None of the passengers effects were lost. All were little the worse of the experience. ,
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Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 83, 7 April 1924, Page 7
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178FRANGESTAN FIRE Evening Post, Volume CVII, Issue 83, 7 April 1924, Page 7
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