PERILS OF THE SEA.
THE SINKING OF THE GAEL. CAPTAIN'S BOAT 'CAPSIZES.' , , (Bj Telegraph.-I'rcaj Association — OoDirlehll Perth, August 28. After three days' Bailing against advereq winds," the captain's boat, bplonging to the French barque Gael, made .' While trying to land,' tho boat capsized, and all the occupants were thrown into the water. They reached the beach safely, but lost the ship's papers. Tho captain's boat remained by the Gael till she sank. WIRELESS TELEGRAPH INSTALLATIONS. STATEMENT, IN HOUSE OF COMMONS. London, August 27. 'Mr. J. Soddon, Libour member for Newton, referred, in tho House of Commons, to the missing steamer Waratah, and suggested that inquiry should be made into tbe various wireless telegraph systems, with a view to making installation compulsory on'all vessels carrying passengers. , ■ '
Mr. Winston Churchill, President of the Board of Trade, in reply, said that such installations were desirable, but he did not think ' the time had come .for action of a compulsory or general charaotetu i. ititji&iai I ' '"■■",' Iron nil«i(ul»iW J UNDERWRITERS' LOS3ES.
( (Rec. August 29, 5.6 p.m.) , , , London, August 28. The underwriters' losses through .shipwrecks during August aro estimated it £1,000,000.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 599, 30 August 1909, Page 7
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186PERILS OF THE SEA. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 599, 30 August 1909, Page 7
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