CAPTAIN SPINKS DEAD
SALVAGED THE PERTHSHIRE Reed. noon. SYDNEY, To-day. The death has occurred of Captain C. Spinks, formerly master of the Union Company’s principal vessels, aged 69. . He was master of the Talune when he earned fame by salvaging the Perthshire in June, 1899, when that vessel was given up as lost. She was discovered with a broken tailshaft off Lord Howe Island, and she was 90 days #ut from Sydney Captain Spinks was afterwards chief surveyor for the Marine Underwriters.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume II, Issue 462, 18 September 1928, Page 9
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