HEROIC CAPTAIN OF TANKER
REFUSED TO LEAVE VESSEL. The captain of a blazing oil tanker refused to leave the bridge and went down with his ship off the coast of North Carolina, United States, on July 5. Two of the crew were also drowned and 10 others were reported to be missing. Twenty-two were rescued, many of them being badly burned. The tanker Cities Service Petrol, a vessel of 9343 tons, caught fire off Wilmington, and heavy weather made the task' of those engaged in rescue operations exceedingly difficult. True to the best traditions of the sea, the captain of the tanker stood at the post of duty while the vessel was burning and sinking. He insisted on being the last man to leave, and went down with the ship after all the other members of the crew, with the exception of two. had been taken off. The Gulf Gem rescued 22 of the crew, and others were taken off by the Trimountain.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 22053, 8 September 1933, Page 11
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