FIRE AT SEA
BURNING OF THE CIGALE. SERIES OF EXPLOSIONS. LOSS OF LIFE FEARED. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. LONDON, December 8. Telegrams from Port Louis (Mauritius) give thrilling details of the burning of tho steamer Cigale. A fire broke out in the hold, and explosions followed, blowing up several passengers and causing a panic, m rvhich others jumped into the sea. Captain Berenger had hardly restored orde r and- got the fire under control before tho boilers exploded Only one lifeboat was now intact, and when tho order -was given to .abandon the ship tlie women and children were placed in this boat, which was rowed to St. in tho French Colony of Reunion. Seventeen other passengers and somo of the crew jumped on to the captain’s re ft and were rescued later, but twenty-three persons on another raft aro still missing. —A. and N.Z. Gable.
[The Oigalo (ex the Now Zealand) was an iron screw steamer of 510 tons, bhe was built in 1886. Her principal dimensions were: Length 115ffc 2in, breadth 22ft 6in, depth lift.]
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Evening Star, Issue 18812, 10 December 1924, Page 5
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177FIRE AT SEA Evening Star, Issue 18812, 10 December 1924, Page 5
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