CAPTAIN AND WIFE.
BOTH GO DOWN WITn SHIP. I.BJ CABLE — PEE !S ASSOCIATION —COPYBIOHT.; (AUSTRALIAN AND H.Z CABLE ASSOCIATION.) CReceived iSeptember 6th, 5.5 p.m.) LONDON, September 5. A pathetic story of a ship's captain and his wifo going to their death together on a sinking vessel, was rovealed at an enquiry in connexion with the collision of the oil-tanker Acasta with tho Pennant, a small vessel bound for France. The collision occurred at the mouth of tho Thames.
The Pennant had sixteen stfuls aboard, including women and children. She sank in eight minutes. Captain ouen3 managed to leave the crushed wheeihou.se and join his wife when the vessel heeled over and sank. They were not seen again.
The remainder of the crew, including the women in night attire, were rescued from the water after climbing ropes lowered over tho side of tho Acasta.
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Press, Volume LXI, Issue 18480, 7 September 1925, Page 9
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