THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM ENQUIARY.
THE CAPTAIN'S CERTIFICATE SUSPENDED. (BY I'ELEOKArH.j' LuNITiiD i"RESB ASSOCIATION.! LYtt^lton, Tirrt Day. Captain Prcoco, E.H.. gavo jtutarirtont in '■ tho Dnko of Buckingham enquiry fliis 1 morning. Tlio Court was of opinion tho t ship could not possibly have been ateered ! tho courso Captain Groojnbridge tliought he was 6teoriinf. Notwithstanding tho compasß was recently tested, it roust havo boon iv error. The captain was tp blame, inasmuch as af tor it was reported to him the ship was dra^infr in to Innd he did not take greater precaution than Dimply keeping her off a (Jdint ffif an hour or two. Having passed Capo Campbell four' aucl a half miles distant, , and aftorwnrds fonntt sii.s »as flrawn in to land, he should havo Byspectod Ilia p'owpaSß. • Tho Court blamed jhim for lcavuTjl' <Jcek , when so close to land on a dirty, thick Aight,' with squally southerly wind. The second \ oflicor did not know ho v far he was from t rihore, and the ca]>iain did not inform him. ; '^o Court took into consideration the capi.vin's coolncSH and judgment aftor the ship struck. But for that tho Court would impoeo ti Wctfo substantial award. His certificate was sU'OfcndcVl frfr tl>reo months, and ho was ordored to pay thti Cost i of tho enqi'irv, Tho second and lined oncers' cor'Lifiej.te» wero returned. Tho captain ga*o notice of appeal.
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Evening Post, Volume XLII, Issue 129, 27 November 1891, Page 3
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229THE DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM ENQUIARY. Evening Post, Volume XLII, Issue 129, 27 November 1891, Page 3
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