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...their jaunt, they were mysteriously released at once. Seamen John Hector Harris and Howard ("Ginger") Stephens presently journeyed home to England via New York. The Brothers Orsborne landed back in jail for street-fighting, were kept there on complaint of the Girl Pat's owners, Marstrand Fishing Co., who have already collected ?3,000 insurance for her loss...
When the bill arrived Marstrand Fishing Co., greatly excited, notified Lloyd's. Lloyd's outlawed Girl Pat, notified its agents along the Atlantic and Mediterranean to watch for her, then came to the conclusion it would be cheaper to pay the ?3,000 insurance than to run the tiny craft down and bring her back. Hence, no orders were issued to hold Girl...
Last April 1 Marstrand Fishing Co. at Grimsby ordered Captain George Black Osborne and a crew of four to "test the engines" of Girl Pat, a brand new 130-ton motor trawler with auxiliary sail. Once outside the harbor, Girl Pat made a beeline for the south. Two days later she put in at Dover, dropped the engineer, picked up another, set out again at once. On April 12 she appeared at Corcubion, Spain, badly damaged by storms. Going ashore, the crew had her repaired, bought $1,175 worth of provisions, sent the bill to the owners at Grimsby...
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