TRAGEDY ON STEAMER.
DEATH OF ARAB STOWAWAYS. SIX MEN SENT TO PRISON. (Received 9 p.m.) Reuter. PARIS, July 8, Six men charged with the manslaughter of Arab stowaways on the steamer Sidi Ferruch, were sentenced to tyo years' imprisonment and were also fined 600 francs, in addition to costs. One man was acquitted. A sensational discovery was made on board the steamer when she arrived at Marseilles from Algiers last April. Forty-eight Arabs stowed away on th» steamer when it left Algiers, and when the hunkers were opened at Marseilles a shocking tragedy was revealed. Eleven Arabs were discovered dead and two had to be sent to hospital. Seventeen were alive and well, but the other 18 were missing. Stokers were alleged to have been responsible for the tragedy, as they must have known that the ballast was liable to be flooded in the event of any displacement of cargo.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19376, 10 July 1926, Page 11
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150TRAGEDY ON STEAMER. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19376, 10 July 1926, Page 11
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