... 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 ...

... explosions were repeated. Soon nothing was left of the Ourang Medan but a blazing hulk. The next day the fire burned itself out and the steamer went under, taking her secret with her. The Ourang Medan had sent out SOSan and the message Send doctor—urgent ...

... explosions were repeated. Soon nothing was left of the Ourang Medan but a blazing hulk. ' The next das the fire burned it self out and the steamer went under her secret with her The Ourang Medan had sent out in SOS and the message ” Send docor—urgent ...

... 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 ...

... As the Andressa a Greek bulk-carrier approached officers on the bridge could make out the name on the rust-streaked hull Ourang Medan Girl Tasteful Trudi tangles with toy fur in the depths tropical hot house it was a name that would become forever associated ...

... points of similarity. Here is one or a far more recent date-1948. On a calm, fine day early in February the Dutch steamer Ourang Medan was passing through the straits of Malucca in the East Indies when it sent out a distress call. SOS and ag_ain SOS in ...

... Strange to relate By Frank Edwards RESCUE PARTIES FOUND SHIP’S CREW ALL DEAD SOME’I‘HING was menacing the Dutch steamship Ourang Medan as she beat her way through the Straits of Malacca one February morning in 1948. The ship flashed a series of frantic distress ...

... they wards an explosior followed and Stgn Of life aboard lag in stick and string seaman- read: S.O.S. from Ourang Medan the Ourang Medan went down. all souls unaccountship. We float. All officers, includ- No explanation has boon ably lost. She ...

... flagstaff on the stern As the a Greek bulk-carrier approached officers on bridge could out the name the rust- ' streaked hull — Ourang Medan it was name that would become forever associated -classic horror-story of the The hot sultry day in ' June 1948 r unlikely ...

... February the Carol Deering, a five-masted schooner, had run On a calm, fine day early in February the Dutch vessel s.s. Ourang Medan was passing through the Straits of Malacca in the East Indies when it sent out a distress call. SOS . and again SOS in ...

... Sudden Fire When they found her and boarding parties went on the Ourang Medan, they found an eerie sight. There wasn't a living creature in the ship. The captain lay dead on the bridge The bodies of the other officers sprawled in the wheelhouse, chartroom ...

... :Urine officer who went to the rescue TOT only do many cit•zens of Officer.. and 75 African ratings. Since of the steamer Ourang Medan, off the • British countries far from Britain then the numbers have been con- Solomon Islands last November. , siderably ...