TRAPPED IN FLAMES
FIRE ON THE TROJAN STAR
SIX MEN BADLY BURNED AND TWO GASSED
Unii*d Press Assn, by El. Tel. Copyright
(Australian "ress Association.) NEW 7 YORK, Oct. 17. W T. Tennison. a fireman on the Blue Star liner, Trojan Star, was killed, six badly burned and two gassed, as the result of oil leaking from a feed pipe and catching fire. The men were trapped m the blazing stokehold. Two braved the flames' and won through, while Live others dived headlong mo. the, bilges and escaped. ' . , , Tho vessel was saved when the main steam pipe* burst, smothering the fire'. " • "
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Gisborne Times, Volume LXVIII, Issue 10721, 19 October 1928, Page 2
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