FATAL FIRE AT SEA

Grey River Argus, 21 October 1936, Page 7

FATAL FIRE AT SEA

ITALIAN LINER. (Aits. & N.Z. Cable Assn.) ■ NAPLES, October JO. The earlier alarming possibilities arising from the Italian luxury liner, "Vuleania’s” S.O.S. call, that there was fire aboard, have just been allayed. It was a small affair in the steerage, and quickly extinguished. The “Vulcan’a” was forty miles from' Naples, en route to New York. PALERAIO, October 19. It is believed that the fire aboard

the “Vuleania” involved the loss of four lives. Two stewards were suffocated when fighting the blaze, and a third was asphyxiated when tjie fumes penetrated a bathroom. The fourth victim was a musician in the ship’s orchest.ra, who became panic-stricken and fell overboard.