Word: finnpulp
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Dates: during 1965-1965
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...ship, the skipper explained that the flames had cut him off from the stern of the ship, where most passengers were huddled. So, said Voutsinas, he climbed into a lifeboat intending to reboard her astern, but decided instead to carry injured passengers in the boat to the rescue ship Finnpulp. Another reason for accompanying them, his lawyer maintained, was to ask the Finnpulp to radio an S O S to other ships-which the Finnish freighter had already done. Many crewmen accused their captain of deserting them, but Voutsinas vowed that he had returned, directed the rescue and had been...
Nonetheless, 87 persons died on the burning vessel. How and why may never be known, though a Coast Guard inquiry was expected this week. As always, passengers had a hundred conflicting stories. While many had high praise for the crew, the captain of the Finnpulp said that he had turned back the first lifeboat because it was loaded with seamen, ordered it to return to pick up passengers. Voutsinas blandly accounted for the remarkable survival of his crew-only two of 174 died-by explaining that they were "young and well trained, and many of the passengers were elderly...
...nearby ships, the Bahama Star and the Finnpulp, rushed to the burning vessel and heaved close to. Both launched lifeboats for the passengers, yanked many out of the water after they jumped from the burning deck. Coast Guard helicopters dropped flares to help the rescue. A column of smoke from the stricken vessel rose 4,000 ft.; flames were visible 20 miles away...
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