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[Australian & N.Z. Cable Association.] LONDON, Alarch 29. Tho New Zealand steamer Paparon, which caught fire at sea, was abandoned by the crew, whom tho steamer Barrabool rescued. The liner, after chitling some time, finally sank. CAPETOWN, March 20. The steamer Barrabool brought the officers and crew of the Pnparoa to Capetown. The chief officer, Air Orr, of tho Paparoa, tells a dramatic story of the last boat’s escape from the burning deck. The ship was blazing from end to end. and as the last men hurriedly took their places in the boat, there was a tremendous burst of Flame on deck. The chief engineer and tjho wireless operator saved their lives by jumping into tho sea, and clambering over tho stern of the boat. The crew undoubtedly owed their lives to a speedy response to the “5.'0.15.” call hy the Barrabool. LONDON, Alarch 20.
The Paparoa’s only passengers were four Australian seamen who were being repatriated.
The disaster recalls the loss of the Paparoa’s sister ship, the Papanui, through spontaneous combustion in her bunkers in 1911 on lier way to Fremantle with 347 immigrants. She put hack to St. Helena and she reached Jameson Bay burning front stem to stern. All aboard were safely landed. FLA ALES 100 FT. HIGH. (Received this day at 9.30 a.rn.) CAPETOWN, Alarch 21. Air Wyatt, the list officer of the Bara bool, said the flames were roaring one hundred feet High before Captain Wild would leave the ship and he, with a party of eight, stayed oil the blazing ship till the very last, the last act being, to go below and open the seacocks to ensure the ship sinking and not becoming a danger to navigation. This act was performed at great personal peril and they had to jump into the sea to extinguish their burning clothes. The heat was so intense that even the Barra bool's passengers could only look at the ship for a few minutes.
The crew numbers sixty-nine and all are British. END OF PAPAROA. CAPETOWN, Alarch 19. The Pnparoa derelict, alter drifting, linallv sank.
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Hokitika Guardian, 22 March 1926, Page 3
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