Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 December 1908 — SKIPPER IS PRAISED [ARTICLE]

SKIPPER IS PRAISED

Captain of Rammed Steamship Cleared by Federal Inspectors. New York, Dec. 1. —Captain M. W Mowbray, of the steamer Finance, which was sunk in the lower bay in a collision with the White Star freighter Georglc, was exonerated by the local board of steamboat inspection. Captain Seeley, of the board, congratulated Captain Mowbray for his conduct in compelling a part of his crew in possession of one of the boats to return to the ship and surrender the boat for the rescue of women and children.