... 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 ...

... 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 ...