FERRY ON FIRE
o Men Escape on Raft ONE "MISSING Press Association—Hoovright Sydney, April 11. The motorferry Daphne caught fire on Sunday night five miles off Newcastle when bound for Sydney. Three men aboard tried to extinguish the flames but finally abandoned the task. The crew constructed a raft whereon two men were able to keep afloat until picked up this afternoon in the last stages of exhaustion. The third man, Edward Hogan, decided to try to swim ashore on Sunday night, since when he has not been seen. It is believed he has been drowned.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 219, 12 April 1933, Page 5
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