GIVEN UP AS LOST
OVER 100 PERSONS
BURNING OF ITALIAN LINER
CAUSE OF TRAGEDY
.By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright!' (Received January 26, 11.15 a.m;)]
GENOA, January. 25..
. The - Italian Line stated that 44. passengers and 60 seamen from the liner Orazio, which was destroyed by fire in the Mediterranean, have been given up as lost. There were 645 aboard and 541 were saved, a child later died of burns..
An 'investigation by the owner* shows that the fire was due entirely to a mechanical accident in the motor. The Orazio carried 1500 tons of cargo which shipping circles believe v/ill be a total loss, amounting ;to over £500,000. . . ' . -
It was previously announced' by- the French Admiralty that -the only casualties were among members of the creW when the explosion occurred..
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 22, 26 January 1940, Page 8
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128GIVEN UP AS LOST Evening Post, Volume CXXIX, Issue 22, 26 January 1940, Page 8
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