Thanks Liz for your kind offer. I may not need to
get in touch with him if Pat has already e mailed the
photocopies of " my " photocopied article.

The result of the Inquest was that the local boatmen
were trying to help the Captain to save his ship --- property --- not lives , his crew already being ashore.
However the lifeboat would have been difficult to launch
from its then base hence the move to Fort Ann shore.
There had been confusion over lights in the harbour.