Fire Aboard Modern Vessel Requires Its Sinking Naples, Aug, 12.
Authorities were forced to sink the hospital ship, Helouan, after a fire on board spread beyond control and threatened other vessels in the harbour.
The crew and master, after fighting the flames for some time, left the ship just before it was sunk. The Helouan was one of the best of the Italian hospital ships and carried the most modern surgical and medical equipment. It had arrived here from East Africa only a short time ago—Havas.
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