Date: 27 April 1917

Transcript:

PORTMADOC SCHOONER SUNK.
FIVE HANDS LOST.

News was received on Friday that the Portmadoc schooner "Ellen James" had been sunk and five of the crew drowned, one only being saved.

Among those drowned are Capt Rd. Cadwaladr Jones, Criccieth, master, and Mr. David Williams, Festiniog Station House, Portmadoc, cook and steward. Four of the crew were foreign sailors, and the only survivor is a Norwegian.

Deep sympathy is felt for the bereaved relatives.

Williams leaves a wife and one child.

The managing owner was Captain J. Jones, Lluest, Borthygest.

Source:
'Portmadoc Schooner Sunk.' The Cambrian News and Welsh Farmers' Gazette. 27 Apr. 1917. 7.