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Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 713, 12 January 1910, Page 6

Some passengers, on the Woiikare feel' thatin connection with the wreck of that vessel insufficient "public acknowledgment lias been'given to the conduct-of Captain Nowtoii, : wliose ; position in connection 'with the incident is;- recognised as being a most unfortunate one (says the "Otugo Daily Times"). ..This'point -was ' mentioned at '-. a. recent- meeting" of;.; tho Central Mission' byvMr. Enos; Bacon;', the Yorkshire; who ;was a; passenger on the vessels -.Mr. Bacon's wo.'rds were:,:'"rhe'ro islnbfc' a'.-;single p&ssenjjor !on the boat who does not think the; cup-' tain was : the .-bravestand cleverest: riian they ever-mei in- their: lives. It was certainly -not his fault that die boat went down. Ho was on tho bridge the whole time tho : vessel was- in .;the-' bounds when she was moving, and when tho ship struck: he. said, 'That, rock is not ion this chart.' On tho boat ho'was always carrying; tie chart round'with, him,-'So ; as..to bo-'able to consult.;.his course Ev any minute. After: the accident he tried- to . cheer evoxy' passenger—ho was' a s host. in .-him-. self.. ;.His forethought K ;his-keen : insight, his; cool courage and his clever manageinient ofi that ship wero simply ; phenomenal." These wrirds, coming from Mr. Bacon' found the autttence entirely sympathetic, and..they emphatically ewnced -J