The Mercury Newspaper:-Wednesday 5 June 1940
OBITUARY
Mr. J. T. Langford
Mr. John Thomas Langford, of Tanina St., North Hohart, died on Monday, and will be buried at Cornelian Bay this afternoon. Mr. Langford;- who was 73 years of age, was connected with sailing craft for many years. He was skipper of the Margaret Twalts, and later the Thames, coastal craft trading out of Hobart, For some time previous to his death he was engaged in the fishing trade.