THIRTEEN SOULS GONE Vessel Never Seen After Leaving the Humber GRIEF-STRICKEN TOWN Goole, but a few weeks ago the scene of great rejoicing over its elevation to borough status and the visit of Prince George, was to-day plunged into deep sorrow. Thirteen brave seafaring men - all sons of the borough - are no more. They perished when their gallant steamer, the Broomfleet, met disaster somewhere in the cruel North Sea. A week-end of growing fear at Goole came to a worst possible climax today. Brave families who had hoped against hope for their loved ones learned the worst. Four bodied washed up on the Norfolk and Suffolk coast during the week-end have been definitely identified as Goole men. The very identification spells disaster - and a sad, sad Christmas for the Humber port. Today brought a hopeless dawn, after a day and a night filled with anxiety, to the relatives of these 13 souls. Up to last night they had, with the courage so characteristic of fathers, mothers, sisters and brothers of men of the sea, refused to believe the worst But today . .. .. 'tis a sad story. The Broomfleet, a steel screw steamer of 1,150 tons, as well know a vessel as ever left the Humber, began her last voyage from Goole on the morning tide from Wednesday last, bound for Ipswich with a full cargo of coal. She steamed past Spurn Point out into the open sea on Wednesday afternoon - and since has never been seen. She was lost, no doubt, in the terrible gale which took toll of nine other lives and a Southampton steamer not many miles further down the East Coast on the same fateful day. THE CREW Eleven of them married. When the Broomfield[sic] left Goole her crew comprised :- JOHN WM. HUTCHINSON, master, 16, Clifton-gardens, Goole. EDGAR GUNNILL, chief officer, 3, Thistle-street, Goole. W. HILEY, second officer, 2, Second-avenue, Goole. C. UPCROFT, steward, 63, Lime-tree-avenue, Goole. R. DADE A.B., 5, St. Andrew's-terrace, Goole. A. McKAY, A.B., Sotheron-street, Goole. W. DARRAGH, A.B., 40, 7, Morley-street, Goole. DAVID GREENWOOD, ordinary seaman, 26, Fountayne-street, Goole. J. HARLINGTON, chief engineer, 68, Jackson-street, Goole. C. DOUBTFIRE, second engineer, 112, Weatherall-street, Goole. A.A. COHN, fireman, 32, Spencer-street, Goole. H. SMART, fireman, 18, Pasture-road, Goole. With the exception of Chief Officer Gunnill and David Greenwood, a young man of 18 years, all are married men, several with families. BODIES IDENTIFIED The first tangible evidence that disaster had overtaken the ship was forthcoming yesterday afternoon, when it was learned that on the Norfolk and Suffolk coast bodies had been washed ashore. In a coat of one was a letter addressed to Cyril Doubtfire, 112, Weatherall-street, Goole, a member of the ship's crew. Steps were immediately taken by the owners (Messrs E. P. Atkinson and Sons, Ltd.) with the object of definitely ascertaining if any of the drowned men belonged to Goole, and a local ship's stevedore, Mr Tom Owen, who is familiar with all the men on board, went by car to view the bodies. Mr Owen reached Cromer late yesterday morning then proceeding to Mundesley, a village three miles distant, where three of the bodies came ashore - the other body was found at Bacton, ten miles from Cromer. In a brief statement by telegram to the owners yesterday Mr Owen states that the bodies are those of the master, Captain J. W. Hutchinson, the Chief Officer, Mr. E Gunnill, and the two firemen. Although the names of the firemen are not stated on the telegram it is presumed they are Mssrs A.A. Conn and H. Smart.

BODIES TO BE BROUGHT BACK There appears to no trace of the body of Second Engineer C. Doubtfire, and it is understood that a wallet with letters addressed to him at his home in Goole was found in a coat washed ashore. It is understood that arrangements will be made, after the inquest, for the conveyance of the bodies to Goole for burial. No information has yet been received by the owners of any wreckage from the Broomfleet having been found and there is as yet nothing definite on which to base an opinion as the the cause of the disaster. FULL CARGO OF COAL The sailing history of the Broomfleet has been wholly connected with the port of Goole. She is a steel screw steamer with a registered tonnage of 1,150 tons. On her voyage to Ipswich she was carrying a full cargo of coal of over 1,000 tons. She was built in 1915 by Messrs W. Harkness and Son, of Middlesbrough and when launched towards the end of that year was named the Avonwood, and was originally owned by the Ebor Steamship Co. Ltd., of Goole, a subsidiary firm of Messrs Atkinson and Sons. The change of name from Avonwood to Broomfleet took place in 1924. The sad duty of informing the relatives that the vessel was overdue devolved on Mr Frank Atkinson, and the latter, in an interview last night, said the vessel, when she left Goole for Ipswich, was "well found". RECENTLY OVERHAULED He further added that during the greater part of the summer she had been out of commission and resumed trading between Goole and coastwise ports last October. In the week prior to her last voyage she was in a Goole dry dock undergoing certain repair work and overhauling, and before leaving was passed by Lloyd's surveyor. He had made inquiry, but had not yet learned that after passing Spurn Head, late on Wednesday afternoon, that the vessel was sighted again.