VOYAGE OF ILL-LUCK
WRECK AT THE END “THE CURSE OF ALLAH” Superstitious old seamen on Tynside have been attributing the loss of the Newcastle steamer Linkmoor to the “curse of Allah,’ ’placed on the ship by Arabs when she left the Tyne. The Linkmoor was wrecked off the north coast of Scotland on November 10, after an amazing run of ill-luck. Members of the crew who arrived at Newcastle three days later said that Arabs put the “curse of Allah” oil the ship when the captain refused to sign them as members of his crew of 29. His decision followed the Arab riots in South Shields.
Mr W. Marshall, of South Shields, a steward in the steamer, described the adventures which occured after the Linkmoor left the Tyne. He said: “We put in at Tromso, Norway, and ran on tlie rocks in the fjords. The ship had 20 ft. of water in the forepeak after she grounded. “The damage was repaired, but she next day we left for Liverpool, and lost our steering-gear in a gale. We spent nearly a clay replacing it, and then, when we entered the Mersey, she developed a list, but was passed as seaworthy. “On leaving Liverpool we experienced heavy weather all the way, and anchorde in the Pentland Firth. The storm smashed our port and starboard anchors and blew us on the rocks.”
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXIV, 13 January 1931, Page 2
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