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Message: [QUOTE="Inger Sheil, post: 258793, member: 139659"] I think we largely agree on the veracity of Collyer's account in this and some other regards, Dave [ATTACH=full]29535[/ATTACH]. That one of the men rescued by Boat 14 was Asian is supported by George Crowe's evidence: [indent] Lowe had a copy of the story - it was given to him by Marjorie Collyer many years after the disaster. Lowe apparently made some comment on this aspect of the article, or of the rescue, as his wife mentioned to their son something that Lowe had remarked about the rescue of the Asian passenger. Regretably, Harold W. G. did not recall the exact nature of the comments his father made. One is tempted to infer that it was an expression of disbelief at how the rescue was depicted in the article (especially given the respect Lowe had for the Chinese sailors he had worked with in his career), but that is speculative.[/indent] [/QUOTE]