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... we could see it was the Ourang Medan. There was no sign of life on the quarter deck and no reply to our shouts through megaphone. Dead: No Wound* We launched two lifeboats with eight men each and rowed across to the Ourang Medan and boarded her , Bodies ...

Published: Thursday 21 November 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 281 | Page: 5 | Tags: none

MYSTERY SOS FROM DEATH SHIP Unwounded Bodies Found on Deck EXPLOSIONS DEFEATED BOARDING PARTY An eye-witness ..

... signal, 'SOS from the steamship Ourang Medan. Beg ships with short wave wireless get touch doctor. our short wave set we relayed the call for help. Medical stations Germany. Rome and France replied We informed the Ourang Medan and asked her transmit her request ...

Published: Thursday 21 November 1940
Newspaper: Yorkshire Evening Post
County: Yorkshire, England
Type: Article | Words: 174 | Page: 5 | Tags: none