FREIGHTER LOST
RESULT OF EXPLOSION
RESCUES BY LIFEBOAT ,
(Received November 15, liJ3O ajn.)
LONDON, November 14.
The British freighter Matra (8003 tons) was. lost as the result of an explosion at sea.
The captain, the pilot, ten officers, and 40Xascars were taken off by a lifeboat, which made three trips to the vessel. 7 -.'■,.-■' .■-..7-7 y-
A tanker picked tip other members of the crew who had rowed in a ship's boat for-^ewral''hour^'^^e7dead man was l*^t7oh?]>oar4Jhe:Matra,"y t ;' The Matra wai^ visible from the Svi^Tfe iearlj' today, well.! dowtr^ at the stem.' -'■•;;'■• y.7 :'y-7' yyy
Permanent link to this item
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19391115.2.65.25
Bibliographic details
Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 118, 15 November 1939, Page 9
Word Count
94FREIGHTER LOST Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 118, 15 November 1939, Page 9
Using This Item
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Evening Post. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in