SURROUNDED BY FLAMES.
THE SEA ABLAZE. THE KOMET A' S SURVIVORS. By Cable.—Press Association.—Copyright. LONDON, May 4. The Limerick, from Adelaide, rescued and landed at Liverpool live sailors from the Kometa, the jjetrol steamer which blew up. . The sea was ablaze with benzine when they were talcen off, and they were the last survivors. They stood frantically gesticulating on the burning forecastle, and were badly scorched. They reported that two explosions blew part of the engines, a mast, the deck, and the bridge high into the air, with the captain and seventeen other men.
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Sun (Christchurch), Volume I, Issue 75, 5 May 1914, Page 7
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