OIL-TANKER ON FIRE.
PERILOUS EXPERIENCE IN MID- | OCEAN. i United Pkess Association. London, Amr<*li d. Tho Norwegian oii-liuiKer La ha bra. v.itii 10,000 toms ol benzine, lias reaehetl the Tyne. She was aolaze amid- : ships for two days in the mid-Atlantic | owing to a short circuit firing two ] tanks. One half of the crew were un- | able to communicate with the rest ; while the vessel was battered in a ter- , rific gale. A violent explosion blew up the decks, the flames reaching the j masthead. Benzine was swept into the I sea, which was aflame. The lifeboats | were blown to pieces. The waves tin- | ally pui out the lire, but charts, com- j passes, and sextants had gone. The | Lahabra reached the Azores. Six of the crew wore drowned.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 54, 6 March 1915, Page 7
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129OIL-TANKER ON FIRE. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXV, Issue 54, 6 March 1915, Page 7
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