PERILS OF THE SEA.

Feilding Star, Volume XI, Issue 2576, 6 March 1915, Page 4

PERILS OF THE SEA.

EXPERIENCE IN A GALE

BY ELECTRIC TEfcEGEAtfH. —COPYRIGHT. PEE F.-KEBB ASSOCIATION. London, March 5. The Norwegian oil tanker Lahabra, with 30,000 tons of benzine on board, has reached the Tyue. She was ablaze amidships for two days in in idAtlantic, owing to a short circuit firing two tanks. One-half of the crew were unable to communicate with the rest while the vessel was battered in a terrific gale. A violent explosion blew up the decks, the flames reaching the mast head. The benzine swept the sea, which was allaine. The lifeboats were blown to pieces. The waves finally put out the fire, hut the. charts, compasses, and the sextants had gone. The Lahabra reached the Azores. Six of her crew were drowned.