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Show SLAME FOR SHIP DISASTER LAID ON DEAD PILOT NEW LONDON, Conn., April Local Lo-cal United States Steamboat Inspectors Steward and Withey today made public their findings in the steamer Larchmont disaster, the night of February 11, when more than 100 lives were, lost in the sinking sink-ing o the steamer after a collision with the schooner Harry Knowlton. In Block Island sound. The responsibility Is laid upon Pilot John Anson of the Larchmont, who was drowned, and Captain George W. McVey Is practically exonerated. The schooner in declared to have been sailed in full compliance with the navigation rules. , , J t t ... ... t ... |