SHIP’S CAPTAIN SHOT.
TWO OFFICERS WOUNDED
DETAILS OF ANTWERP AFFAIR
BY CABLE—PRESS ASSOCIATION—COPYRIGHT
LONDON, Oct. 21. Details of the shooting of Captain Clows, commander of the Melita, at Antwerp show that the affair took place early in the morning. The first officer of the Melita, named Towers, went to the captain's cabin and shot him through the head. Then he went to e cabin of the first engineer. Holiday, whom he shot in the nose.
The second engineer, Gilmour, who was among other officers attracted by the noise, was shot twice in the lungs. Other members of the crew hurried to the scene and disarmed Towers. The condition of the wounded men is grave. The police opened an inquiry, but as Towers is British and the shooting occurred on a British ship, they were able to take only formal evidence. They placed Towers on board the Melita, which departed for London in charge of an emergency captain. The Antwerp correspondent of the Daily Mail says Towers returned after spending an evening ashore and accused the captain and other officers of hindering his promotion. An alteration followed, ending in the shooting of David Kennedy. Gilmour, one of the wounded, hails from Dunedin. He is married and lives at Glasgow.
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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 23 October 1925, Page 5
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208SHIP’S CAPTAIN SHOT. Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 23 October 1925, Page 5
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