CAPTAIN DROWNED
NERVOUS BREAKDOWN SURMISED [by CABLE —PRESS ASSN. —COPYRIGHT.] LONDON, May 11. Major J. Colville, in the House of Commons, said that an inquiry in o the cause of the death of the late Captain Carey of the exploration ship, “Discovery II.” was held under the Section of the Merchant Shipping Act under which the Mercantile Marine Office Superintendent at the port ot discharge is required to .verify any statement in the log as to the caus of death. Inquiries of this kind were not open to the public. The Superintendent had confirmed the log entry, Viz: “Lost overboard; presumed drowned.” It was surmised that Captain Carey, who was suffering from a nervous breakdown, left his cabin in the early morning, in a dazed condition and fell overboard. LATER. In view of the unfounded rumours, the Discovery Committee announces that Captain Carey was in bed for several days, owing to an acute nervous breakdown. His cabin was found unoccupied on May 2, and it was obvious that he had gone overboard. The Discovery and another vessel vainly searched for two hours and a-ha If.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 12 May 1933, Page 7
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