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Evacuation and death aboard the wrecked steamer Elingamite
Survivors describe slow lifeboat work as the ship sinks amid fog and wreckage. Dudley and I rescue shipmates and a dying woman, while a sailor pulls Charles Lasker from a raft. The text also notes the author’s survival of the Elingamite wreck in 1902 and reveals a sensational coffin escape subplot involving Jacomb and police pursuit.
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Dudley
Detective
Charles Lasker
Widdowson