LEFT A SINKING SHIP WITHOUT AID.
"PERTINENT QUESTIONS TO RUSSIAN CAPTAIN. f.' 4 . ,(By Telegraph-Press Assn.-Copyright.) (Received This Pay, 12.55 a.m.) LONDON, February 28. Giifjing evidence at the Alcantara inquest, the captain of the Tovariseh detiie Alcantara struck his ship on ihe port side: Asked how the• Alcantara’s lantern was found hanging on his bowsprit, 3ie -said the bowsprit must have hit the Alcantara’s foremast. Asked why he did not launch the lifeboats, he said he did not realise that -the Alcantara was sinking. He had to •consider the safety of hia men.
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Levin Daily Chronicle, 29 February 1928, Page 5
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93LEFT A SINKING SHIP WITHOUT AID. Levin Daily Chronicle, 29 February 1928, Page 5
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