FOUR MEN ASPHYXIATED
TRAGEDY ON WAR VESSEL MELBOURNE, August 20. Four members of the crew of H;M.S. Samarkand were killed to-day by fumes in the hold of their ship, at Geelong. Five other men were rushed to hospital suffering from the effects of the fumes. The ship’s mate , and three of his men were asphyxiated when they went, below to clear the ballast tank.
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Evening Star, Issue 25567, 21 August 1945, Page 6
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64FOUR MEN ASPHYXIATED Evening Star, Issue 25567, 21 August 1945, Page 6
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