“DUTIES FULFILLED”
AMERICAN FARMER'S CAPTAIN STORY OF COLLISION (Rec. 9.35 p.m.) NEW YORK, Aug. 10. Captain Arthur Cronin, whose damaged ship, the American Farmer, made oort under her own power eight days after being abandoned and'precipitated the 4,500,000-dollar salvage squabble, has arrived in New York. He declared that after the collision on July 31 with the William J. Riddle, 700 miles off the English coast, the sea began pounding in the forward part of the American Farmer through a hole 35 feet long and 19 feet wide. “It was apparent that the pumps could not control such an inrush _ of water, and as the ship was settling rapidly by the bow I considered she had received her death blow. In the circumstances, I did not think*l had the right to gamble with the safety of the passengers and crew. I feel I fulfilled my duties properly in the exercise of my best judgment as matser.” Members of the American Farmer’s crew agreed with Captain Cronin’s decision to abandon ship.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 26228, 12 August 1946, Page 5
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