NAVAL DISASTER.
■'; '"A CHARGE OP: MANS^UGHTEk';^ (BT : TltiGiurji— rit ess'association—co I'ißiqHT.) \;::j .(Red. ■■'■ February; 12,:; 9.25; : p ; m;); ; :■;.;. ■-... ';'•.■:' V', : .•'■ .■;■■''■• ■:■'" '•"■••■' Sydney;" February 12- ■ -, • In, : :connection .with••:the,'recpni;.naval,;dis^; a"ster',':tta-\Mroner./fovind ; between the Dunmore, -and : the pinnace was -'caused! by: the; negligent and careless navigation of 'Bryant; the coxswain of tW"pinnaco, Vwh o' was .committed ior "trial on a; charge,of .manslaughter. : ,r ; ;;:';','>:'...-•; <• The coroner said : it appeared':; to!; him-'.that' if the towline between the launch and* the: pinnace/had been 'fastened: so' that it .'could be quickly cut off in case of Emergency,-there. .would- have been'no loss of life.< The. cap-, tain.' of . Dunmore ';followed •the>:regu]ations;applicable to : a. .case'jOf;".'.the- , .-£uid, , ;;.and'; must be : held : acquitted of, 'criminal.;rnegli-. gence,, but the ■; coroner was. of Opinion: that ho and; his. crew did not", sufficiently,'/exert thernselves'i':' ;\Hei .was;--also ''.of '-/opuiibn. v ;tlisif Bryant. Vaa-i.t'o ■. the .Tictim/'of: :';■> '"•' '■'"■. '■ ■■ £;/.'.' y'\,'i'j''\/i~ <■"■ '■■ ■■'■■:.
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Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 431, 13 February 1909, Page 5
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138NAVAL DISASTER. Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 431, 13 February 1909, Page 5
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