OIL TANKER ABLAZE.
TERRIBLE DISASTER IN MIDOCEAN. VESSEL’S MIRACULOUS ESCAPE. (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT} (Received March 6, 1 a.m.) LONDON, March 5. The Norwegian oil-tanker Lahabra, with 10,000 tons of benzine, has reached the Tyne, having beau, ablaze amidships for two days in mid-Atlan-tic. 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 by a terrific gale a violent explosion blew up the decks, the Haines reaching the masthead. The benzine swept over the sea, which was aflame. A lifeboat was blown to pieces. The waves finally put out the fire, but her charts, compasses, and sextants were gone. The Lahabra reached the Azores with six of the cre w drowned.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXXIX, Issue 3871, 6 March 1915, Page 5
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