THE LOCH FINLAS
EVIDENCE THAT CAPTAIN WAS NOT SOBER. (b! TELEGEAPH—PRESS ASSOCIATION COPTIiIQUT.I Launcestori, October 6. A nautical inquiry has opened regarding the loss, off tho Tasmanian coast, of the barque Loch Finlas, of-whose crew (24) only .four survive. • Two seamen stated that Captain Lonrion (wfco stuck to .the sliip and Was. drowned) was not sober at the time of tho disaster, nor fiad he.been for several days. Tlid mate, who was in charge, was, they said, a sober man. Tho vessel sank within twehty-fivo minutes of striking.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 321, 7 October 1908, Page 7
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88THE LOCH FINLAS Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 321, 7 October 1908, Page 7
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