THE AFRIQUE DISASTER.
T . HARIS, January If. 111 Vl , e ' r °> rim comments that enlr t-enegalcse soldiers and ihe crew were saved irom the wreck of the Afrneie an inquiry elicited that the crew did everything possible, the stokers rcraaming at their posts till the vessel stinek me rocks. I hero was no panic. The passengers hesitated to lake places ut the boats owing to the mountainous seas. It was stated that owing i u tho pumps becoming choked with cinders, what might have been a mere accident became a disaster.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 19850, 20 January 1920, Page 3
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