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WELSH COAST MYSTERY There was not sufficient evidence to determine with certainty the cause of the loss of the steamer Glanrhyd (1560 tons) off the Wt'lsh coast, w,ith tho loss of the full crew of 17, states the report of tho Court of Inquiry into tho ioss, which was issued last month. Tho view is expressed that tho ship oitlior .struck submerged wreckage or was 'overwhelmed by an exceptional sea or seas, which caused her to break apart. The vessel was on a voyage with a cargo of coal from Newport to lrlam, on the Manchester Ship Canal. She was owned by Messrs. Harries Bros, and Co., Ltd., of Swansea.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXVI, Issue 23275, 18 February 1939, Page 2 (Supplement)
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