THE LAURENTIC
■THE CAPTAIN'S STORY
(AUSTRALIAN-NEW ZEALAND CABLE ASSOCIATION.) LONDON, 31st January At the inquest, Captain Norton, commander of the Laurentic/ gave evidence that 470 were on board. The vessel sailed at 5 o'clock in the evening of 25th January. The first explosion occurred at 5.55 p.m., and there wa-a another twenty seconds, later. The best order prevailed. Witness and the chief steward inspected the ship before quit-" ting her, and were satisfied that-no men were left. It was possible that the ex-v plosion killed some in the engine-room,: as no survivors were landed' from that part of the ship. Captain Norton quitted the ship when she was sinking. '.- Other evidence stated that one, boat contained seventeen frozen In another fifteen were frozen out-' 1 of twenty. ' '. . ':
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Evening Post, Volume XCIII, Issue 29, 2 February 1917, Page 7
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