MANY PASSENGERS LOST
DISASTROUS EXPLOSION OF , BENZINE CARGO. TWO GALLANT PRIESTS. By Telegraph.—-Press Assn.—Copyright Australian and iJtf.Z. Cable, Association. CAPETOWN, December 9. Further details have been .received of the burning of the steamer Oiga-le, 66 miles from Mauritius, with, 57 persona aboard; , Tbe cargo of 1500 cases of motor spirit caught- fire, and a Chinese pt-s----songar -was blown up into the rigging with his clothing ablaze, and before help oould reach him he was burned to' death; A ponio followed, and there was a wild rusk to the boats, daring which several women died of fright. Two full boats abandoned the ship, leaving tbo captain, officers, and the fainting women passengers on the vesAfter hours of torturing work .the French sailors subdued the flames, hut .the ship then 'began to sink. The boats than returned, and a timber raft was constructed. The ship, however, sank, and 23 persons were drowned. Two old Roman Catholic priests, when offered seats in the- boats, refused, saying: “We have no • families.’’ Qnq or them , was subsequently rescued after many houra’ buffeting on the raft, /which was only six feet square. The boats eventually reached the island of Reunion.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LI, Issue 12009, 11 December 1924, Page 6
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