Fight With Fire At Sea
HALIFAX, Wed. (11.30 a.m.)—When 27 survivors from the burnt-out funeral ship Joseph W. Connolly arrived here today in the rescue freighter Union Victory, Captain Benjamin Bostelman told the story of the unavailing fight against fire, which started in oil in the engineroom and spread with terrifying speed to the cargo of doffins in which American war dead were to have been brought back from Europe. FLARED UP AGAIN "The crew battled the fire furiously before I gave the order to abandon ship,” he said. "The heat and flames made it impossible to stay aboard. "We kept our four lifeboats close to the Connolly and after about nine hours it looked as if the fire had subsided.
“We attempted to return to her, but as we drew near the flames flared up worse than ever. "Soon afterwards we sighted a plane, which dropped food and gave our position to rescuers.”
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Northern Advocate, 15 January 1948, Page 5
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