Tug Captain Convicted of Manslaughter After Gale Collision

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Seventh-day Adventist Publishing Association · Battle Creek, Mich. · Jan 28, 1875

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 45, No. 5.

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Tug Captain Convicted of Manslaughter After Gale Collision

An English jury lately returned a verdict of manslaughter against a tug-boat captain, who, in a violent gale, cast off his hawser, and allowed six vessels he was towing to shift for themselves. A collision resulted, which caused the sinking of two vessels, and the death of a child from exposure.