Title

A ship catches fire in the Red Sea,1930

Caption

A ship catches fire in the Red Sea, 1930. 'Un Paquebot Prend Feu Dans La Mer Rouge'. Rescuers pull survivors from the water as a ship burns. On 21 May 1930, the French passenger ship 'SS Asia' bound for Djibouti with 1,500 pilgrims on board, caught fire in Jeddah harbour. About 100 lives were lost, and the ship was completely burned out. Front cover of "Le Petit Journal Illustré". [France, 9 June 1930]

Date

1930

Credit line

Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Reference

HRM19F22_272

Model release

No

License type

Rights managed

Available size

60,7Mb (5,2Mb) / 13,3in x 17,7in / 4000 x 5305 (300dpi)

Keywords

transport transportation sea people male man men religious Middle East country French France religion guy ship ships burning geography color design dramatic Red Sea Muslim Islam Islamic Muslims Moslem Moslems location disaster century drowning rescue catastrophe Pilgrim Pilgrims newspapers press news thirties concept rescuer rescuing lettering Saudi Arabia Colour water transport graphic design 1930s on fire 20th century Jeddah The Print Collector front page geographical feature passenger ship Le Petit Journal newspaper Mohammedan Unknown petit journal SS Asia