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On 8 February nine survivors were rescued by a passing liner. Ten others were missing, including the captain and his wife (the
Ficketts), the second mate (Frank Cushing), and a passenger (Robert Hay.) The story told by the survivors, with few details, was that six crewman were washed overboard by a
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On either 1 February or 26 January, 1912 the ship left Boston with a destination of
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While the survivors indicated that Mrs. Fickett had been injured by a wave and the three men with her then launched the lifeboat in order to abandon ship, sailing experts at the time indicated that not only did that not match
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Ficketts, Cushing, and Hay abandoned ship in the only remaining lifeboat. After the rescue, the Erne could not be tracked down for inspection and was last seen floating upside down near
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Fickett. The belief that a murderous mutiny led to the disappearance of the four "was almost universally agreed upon by New
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