"WILFULLY WRECKED."
—. 4 AN OVER-INSUBED STEAMER. (By Cable—Press Aesociaticra—.CopvTiglit.; (Australian «likl N.Z. Oablo Association.) (Received October 11th, 12.5 a.m.) LONDON, October 10. The Board of Trade Commission of Enquiry into tho loss of the Glcndalough, near Belfast Lough, delivered its judgment in the Cardiff Court, and found that the disaster was due to the wilful net of Captain Plummer, acting in concert with William James Jones, tho owner, who had insured tho vessel for £60,000, though, the total value, includinc tho cargo, was only £17,000. Tho judgment remarked that "Jones recklessly and wickedly gambled, not only for money, but in the lives of men.." Hβ was ordered to pay the costs of the enquiry, amounting to £2500. Plummer's certificate was cancelled, and tho evidence is being forwarded to thj Public Prosecutor, with a view to bringing the alleged criminals to justice.
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Press, Volume LVI, Issue 16962, 11 October 1920, Page 7
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