FIRE IN MID-OCEAN.
GERMAN STEAMER SINKS. RANGITATA TO THE RESCUE. LONDON, July 19. ■lho NortlhGermari Lloyd Company, Owners oi flie steamer Targis, were advised (hat sho was on fire in niid-Aflaritic, east of Bermuda. The New Zealand Shipping Company's steamer Rangitata rescued the whole of the passengers and crew. R'o -Rangitata. was homeward-bound from New Zealand, She sighted (lie German steamer, which was on firo in tlireo holds,; tho coal hunkers, engine lo °in and boiler room. Slit hastened to "'U rescue, and stood I>y at the captain's request until 11)•; Targis filled and sank. The 'iargis, formerly named Rijperkcrk, Aetlev Abbey and Wolfram, was a vessel ®JS2 tons, built in 1915 bv J. Frericks ® n( l Company at Einswardcn. The Agitata li'it Wellington on June 21.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20621, 21 July 1930, Page 9
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127FIRE IN MID-OCEAN. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXVII, Issue 20621, 21 July 1930, Page 9
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