SINKING OF TUG BELMORE
BOARD OF TRADE ENQUIRY. By Telegraph-XProBB Association—Copyright. LONDON, Soptombor 10. A Board of Trade inquiry regarding tho loss of tho tug Balmoro in June 1 last, while on tho voyage to Sydney, found that she was overladen when she loft Port Said—tho Plimsoll mark being submerged and that hoi' stability was insufficient. On Juno 23rd an Egyptian vessel reached Port Said with three men of tho crew ol tho Bolmore, which capsized in a heavy »oa in deep water. Tile survivors were flftoon hours In the water before reaching Baa Oharih, In the Gulf ot Suer, KB miles BoutU of Suez, where they were rescued. The tug belonged to Fonwiolc Brothers, Syd* ney, and had a crow ot eleven, under th« command of Captain Charles Murohio.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXX, Issue 6623, 12 September 1908, Page 9
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