DRUNKEN NEGRO CREW
STAMPEDE DURING FIRE AT SEA PASSENGERS PULLED OUT OF ’ BOATS MEN AND WOMEN THROWN INTO WATER. . By Telegraph—Per Press Assn. —Copyright. Received October 20, 10.35 p.m. (Reuter) NEW YORK, Oct. 20. The “New York World” says: According to the stories of thirty survivors. the negro crew of the Clyde liner Comanche, burned off the eoast pf Florida on Saturday night, stamped ed madly before the flames, pulled passengers out of lifeboats, and precipitated men and women into the sea. The charge is made that the negro seamen were drunk when the fire started, and could not be controlled by the officers.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXII, Issue 19434, 21 October 1925, Page 7
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