WARNING OF FIRE
WAS DEPLORABLY INADEQUATE. STATES PHILLIPAR SURVIVOR. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.)
(Received this day at 11.15 a.m.)
LONDON, May 22
A British survivor of the Phillipar emphasises the deplorable inadequate warning of the fire, of which his first intimation was the smoke and flames bursting into his cabin. He and his wife, found places in. a boat, the. seams of which leaked until soaking" closed them,, compelling the occupants to. bail with their'hats.
Tlie ordeal was prolonged bv the unsuitability of the food aboard the’ Mahsud, and by the intense heat which brought the pitch bubbling from the seams of the steamer’s deck.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/HOG19320523.2.50
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Hokitika Guardian, 23 May 1932, Page 6
Word count
Tapeke kupu
106WARNING OF FIRE Hokitika Guardian, 23 May 1932, Page 6
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
The Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd is the copyright owner for the Hokitika Guardian. 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 the Greymouth Evening Star Co Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in