HOURS BAREFOOT ON ICE
ESUAi’L FIRBT BLAZING BIT IT. GERMAN UREW’B DOUBLE ORDEAL. Tin, 1 fi'inv suffered from extremes of temperature when, jammed in tlic ice near Domcsnes, Ihc German steamer Leaudra, en route to Riga from Bremen with benzine and kerosene, 'was on fire. The flames towered 000 feet and defied the approach of ice-break-ers whiieh responded to the 8.0.5. After four explosions the crew of IS abandoned the ship and trudged barefoot for four hours across the ice. reaching' the shore with frozen hands and foot.
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Patea Mail, Volume LII, 23 February 1931, Page 4
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88HOURS BAREFOOT ON ICE Patea Mail, Volume LII, 23 February 1931, Page 4
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