BURNING OF STEAMER.
THRILLING EXPERIENCES
EXPLOSIONS FOLLOW FIRE
(Elec. Tel. Copyright -United Press Assn. {Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.
LONDON, Dec. 8,
Port Louis (Mauritius) telegrams givo lliri'lling details of the burning of the steamer Oigale.
Fire broke mil in the* hold and explosions followed, blowing up several passengers and causing a panic in which olhers jumped into the sea. Captain Berenger had hardly restored order and got. the fire under control before the boiler exploded.
Only one- lifeboat was now intact, and, whan the order was given to abandon the ship, the women and children were placed in the lifeboat, which rowed to St. Denis, in the French eolonv of Reunion.
Seventeen other passengers and some of the crew jumped on to the captain’s raft and were rescued laler, but twentythree on anot-luv raft, arc still missing.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume L, Issue 16607, 10 December 1924, Page 5
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