MYSTERY FIRE

Gisborne Times, Volume LXXIII, Issue 11832, 13 January 1933, Page 7

MYSTERY FIRE

THE LOSS OF L’ATLAXTH V >LT

EXPERTS UNABLE TO ASCERTAIN CAUSE.

R ECOAI PEN S.K, FOR R ESC UEIIK

(U.P.A. by Elec. T<4 Copyright) LONDON, Jan. 11.

Tiie IJriLir-!i United Press correspondent iu Paris Mates, that the .Minister of Marine reports that the exports who examined the liner L’Athm tique were nimble to decide the cause of the.fire. I'lie Minister has received a loiter fro fit the commander. Captain Behoofs recommending the greatest recompense to the British steamer Fordcastle and the Dutch ship Achilles, not the. German vessel Ruhr. which was the first to reach the L’Atlantique and rescued 86 'men, or the Dutch ship Erato. Captain Scl)oofs explains that the Ruhr and Erato lemained 500 yards away awaiting L’Atlanticque’s lifeboats to reach them, while the Ford castle and Achilles, at the risk of catching fii'e, came within 20 yards and helped to rescue 18 men from the. sea, including himself.

OUTBREAKS ON SHIPS

INVESTIGATION IN BRITAIN

REPORTS ON DESIGNS OF DINERS

(British Official Wirfem^.i RUGBY. Jan. 11

The question of safety from fire of ships at sea- is undergoing a thorough, investigation at the hands of the Ship-building Employers’ Federation and the Chamber of Shipping. . Ail inquiry on this subject was suggested for June hy the Board of Trade, but at the time the matter already had, been raised. ~

Although the record of British ships shows remarkable freedom from serious fires,, it is recognised that disasters which have overtaken other vessels built to high standard specifications made reconsideration of the prevention of fires a desirable and prudent step. .. . The recent occurrences have infer'eas ed the public interest in the subject, and it is anticipated that reports under compiliation will deal specially with the relation between the outbreaks of fire and ,the design of liners ip ; which the higher decks, are without bbstructing bulkheads,, and with the material used for internal construction' and decoration. , !