MARINE INQUIRY.
| ; - THE ACCIDENT TO THE ENJJERDALE.' I (fit •TEriEfa'tsArn—riiEss association—coi'vaioßT.) ..?' Melbourne,. January 23. ' ■',
A.Marine Court ,;helcl an inquiry, into a: fobarge'Tof misconduct .against the .captain of the > steamer. Ennerdale, arising out of the accident-oil-January 6;- -,•-• ■■'•■•■■'' ':/'''■ . ;■
The captain claimed that the vessel struck ;an uncharted rock. ■ ■■■. • : . - ; .'-
'■The Court'wasof opinion that .the captain; should have remained-on the bridge; till the. danger zone: had been/passed, .'instead of 'leaving-; the second mate in charge iiy un;l trav6lle'd .waters, jmd should have taken, 'oflier p'recaiitions. As the Court,- however,: Avas not. in. a position to determine whether 'the vessel struck a charted or uncharted obstruction,: it' gave the captain the Benefit of the .doubt,; and dismissed the', .charge against : -him:': ■•,-:.--... ■■.";'■■■ .'--i-.v v .!-:i' ;•' '-'■■■.:' : ■' • ;f
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 414, 25 January 1909, Page 5
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120MARINE INQUIRY. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 414, 25 January 1909, Page 5
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