GEAR ON TRAWLER
ALLEGATIONS BY CREW. DENIED BY THE OWNERS. Per Press Association. AUCKLAND, May 3. A statement signed by several members of the crew of the trawler Countess alleges that the fouling of some of tho gear delayed the launching of the lifeboat on Friday, when a fireman named T- S. Veale fell overboard and was drowned. They state that the boat covers, too, were in some instances nailed down and could not be removed without using a hammer. Mr O’Shea, assistant secretary of the Seamen’s Union, says it is evident this is another powerful argument for inclusion in the Shipping and Seamen’s Act, under which steamers arc subject to a rigid survey of the life saving apparatus. The superintendent-engineer of the owners, Sandford, Ltd., says the Countess was regularly inspected bv the port deck surveyor, and six months ago lho vessel was re-certificated after a test which involved the launching of the lifeboat, when no difficulty was experienced. It was not customary in Sandford’s fleet to have tho boat covers nailed. All the seamen employed were fully qualified men.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 131, 3 May 1927, Page 8
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181GEAR ON TRAWLER Manawatu Standard, Volume XLVII, Issue 131, 3 May 1927, Page 8
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