THE ORMONDE
FORWARD SALOON DAMAGED PASSENGERS' TRYING TIME fmt Association —By Telegraph—Copyright SYDNEY, September 25. Her forward saloon, torn and buckled, provided grim evidence of th& ordeal through which the Ormonde passed. The hold where the fire occurred was extensively damaged. A seaman, J. M'Veagh, is at present in the ship’s hospital recovering from the effects of smoke fumes. The majority of the 320 passengers behaved splendidly, although there were times when some showed signs of hysteria, notably when everybody was ordered to boat stations and lifebelts were donned. A Victorian passenger, Mr Lancelot Gaunt, stated: “At one stage we thought the ship was doomed,”
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Evening Star, Issue 22454, 26 September 1936, Page 15
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105THE ORMONDE Evening Star, Issue 22454, 26 September 1936, Page 15
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