IN DRIFTING INFERNO
YOUNG SEAMAN'S EXPERIENCE. SURVIVOR FROM BOMBED STEAMER. By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright. (Received This Day, 12.10 p.m.) LONDON. January 30. When the gutted Latvian steamer Tautmila, which was hit by 10 btimbs yesterday drifted ashore on the east coast, locals were astounded to see a young seaman leap into the shallows and wade ashore, clad in pyjamas and his head wrapped in towels. He said: “The explosion knocked me unconscious. I found myself alone in a drifting inferno when f opened my eyes. I then could only wait until the vessel came ashore or sank.”
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 January 1940, Page 6
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