TANKER SUNK
MINED OFF WEST COAST OF BRITAIN. THREE MEMBERS OF CREW DROWNED. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright LONDON. January 11. The tanker Eloso (7000 tons), laden with oil from South America, was sunk by a mine while in convoy on the west coast. Three of 36 members of the crew were drowned, and eight seriously injured. A warship rescued the survivors.
The oil cargo burst and spread over the sea. The ship broke amidships and sank rapidly. The captain was the last to' leave. The bosun saved a man with a broken leg, trapped in lhe forecastle. dragging him to a boat.
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/WAITA19400113.2.41
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 January 1940, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
101TANKER SUNK Wairarapa Times-Age, 13 January 1940, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Wairarapa Times-Age. 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 Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in