Cairns Post (Qld. : 1909 - 1954), Wednesday 22 August 1951, page 1
PROMUS EXPLOSION
TWO MISSING MEN FOUND.
SINGAPORE, Aug. 20 (AAP.
¡ Reuter's).-The Chinese bosun ana
a quartermaster of the tanker Bromus, who had been listed miss-ing after the disastrous explosion on board early to-day, were found I late in the afternoon cringing in
; fear behind bushes on the far side
j of the mile-wide Pulau Buken j Island. They had to be enticed, j back -with offers of food to rejoin I the survivors among their ship
I mates.
I The ship's crew of 37, more than j half of whom were wiped out in :
the holocaust, were signed on here j only two days ago for the journey |
to the Philippines. I
Four bodies, which had been I spotted floating in the gutted ship's forecastle, which is half-filled with water and oil. will be recovered to-morrow when the ship is pumped dry. preparatory to entering dock for repairs. This leaves two still unaccounted for of a total of 28
i believed dead.
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