The Austral Inquiry.
Tfllß VERDICT. • V ' - .5;.! if n- ■ 7,-:5-,/ T ■• (By electric tbleobaph.— oopybioht.) :) i (bbuteb's teleoeams.) f London, October 6> ! The Court of Inquiry appointed to investigate, the circum-tjances; Ipnden which rf the"rier't steanas^ip^Anstfsl fbundew3 m Port Jackson pa JNpyera^ ber II last year, bas concluded its ?git| tin*; and delivereiJ * judgment'to-day. v The Court finds that the capsizing of, the vessel was due to the water 'enter^ ing.thejaftirp.orts through coaling be-j :ipg carried i on; at one' side of tne^ vessel for too long a tim«», causing her to^'heel over. The ship however, is pronounced" to be perfectly stable m every respect. { | The casualty ;was due to .a seriesYof small v mistakesnone of which :is>held tp be sufficiently serious to justify the Court m dealing with thp officers' certificates.' < The;Ooart.-tadded a _ider< drawing pf attention to the blame-worthy, practise sending ships to sea before they ahave been, inclined and theifc/stability calculated. The inquiry which was most critical and exhaustive lasted a fpstnignt. . •■:'.-■, •.-..;) " "
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 261, 8 October 1883, Page 2
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165The Austral Inquiry. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 261, 8 October 1883, Page 2
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