FIRE AT SEA.
TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE. ENGINEER INCINERATED. 'By TeleEraph-Presa Association-Copyright ;''-.".■',"v Aden, January. 20. ■■ Further particulars, are to .hand riStho fire, on the Russian. .East Asiatic. Steam Ship Company's .steamer Estonia, 4275 tons, which' wasabandonedonfirc, nt sen. Tho firo'spread 'so rapidly., that the .officers,';weio 'unable'' to, return, to tho .'bridge to'order the-, ongiucers to stop tho .vessel; ;,.•'..''. ■'■'':'•■■■;',•','■■ •■/'. Tho third engineer was incinerated. at his post. ■'■.''..:'..■•,■" : ! ':'■-'■. ■ The' captain and' ten of tho crew were 'burnt of driven overboard.' •: -It was impossible to launch a boat, as the steamer was .travelling at '■ a speed. of; Stino knots...' -..'.""
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1654, 22 January 1913, Page 7
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95FIRE AT SEA. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1654, 22 January 1913, Page 7
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