SEA OF OIL.
SCENE OF SELJE DISASTER. WRECKAGE FOR MILES. While wreckage from the sunken cargo steamer Seije floated for miles from the scene of the disaster, waters in the vicinity of the wreck were calmed by a great sea of oil, says a Melbourne paper of April 1. Passengers who arrived by the R.M.S. Comorin saw barrels, spars and pieces of deck gear floating about the Victorian coast. The master of the vessel, Captain J. M. Boreland, said that, as a precautionary measure, he had gone six miles south from the usual course from Adelaide to Melbourne; still his vessel had passed much small wreckage. Mrs Endresen, wife of the master of the Seije, said she was nearly trapped. She was having a bath when she heard the engine telegraphs ringing furiously. She jumped from the bath, and only had time to put on a nightdress and coat. She got into the last boat, having refused to go in the first, as she wished to stay by her husband.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 112, 11 April 1929, Page 8
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170SEA OF OIL. Manawatu Standard, Volume XLIX, Issue 112, 11 April 1929, Page 8
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