Had the explosives not been thrown overboard, the Cassin would doubtless have been sunk and few if any of her crew saved.
Winning a Cause|John Gilbert Thompson and Inez Bigwood
So like the bag of First Officer Cassin it might be thought that this item too was immaterial.
Judgments of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand on Proceedings to Review Aspects of the Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Mount Erebus Aircraft Disaster|Sir Owen Woodhouse, R. B. Cooke, Ivor L. M. Richardson, Duncan Wallace McMullin, and Sir Edward Somers
Cassin mentions a most singular circumstance among the peculiarities of the bird.
Donahoe's Magazine, Vol. XV, No. 4, April, 1886|Various
It is true that he was "an employee of the airline" but he did not go to the home of First Officer Cassin in that capacity.
Judgments of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand on Proceedings to Review Aspects of the Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Mount Erebus Aircraft Disaster|Sir Owen Woodhouse, R. B. Cooke, Ivor L. M. Richardson, Duncan Wallace McMullin, and Sir Edward Somers
The mother-in-law's fears certainly did not materialize, for Mrs. Cassin, junior, lived a long and honored life.