LOSS OF PAPAROA.
FIRST OFFICER’S ACCOUNT. Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. By Cable— Pi ess Association—Copyright, CAPETOWN, March 21. Mr Wyatt, first oflicer of the Barrabool, said the flames were roaring 100 ieet lngb before Captain Wild would leave tne ship. , He, with a party of eight stayed on tho blazing ship till the very last, Ins last act being to go below ami open the seacocks to ensure f lie ship sinking and not becoming a danger to navigation. This act wtis performed at great personal peril, and he had to jump into the sea to extinguish his burning clothes. Tho heat was so intense that even the Barm bool’s passengers could only look at the ship ior a few minutes. The crew numbers 69, all British. (The Paparou, a twin-screw steamer of 7737 tons, built, by Denny Bros, at Dumbarton in 1899, owned by the New Zealand Shipping Company, caught lire about 500 miles from Capetown. The Australian liners Barrabool, Diogenes, and Aeneas responded to the call for he.p late at night.)
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 23 March 1926, Page 7
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174LOSS OF PAPAROA. Timaru Herald, Volume CXXIII, 23 March 1926, Page 7
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