LAUNCH DISASTER
MARINE COURT FINDING CROWDING OF UPPER DECK THE MASTER'S CERTIFICATE (Received March 31, 8.35 p.m.) SYDNEY. March 31 The Marine Court of Inquiry into the sinking of the launch Rodney, with tho loss of 19 lives, found that the vessel capsized owing to the excessive crowding of tho upper deck causing tho launch to take a dangerous list, which tho master, Charles Henry Rosman. made no serious effort to check. The Court called upon Bosnian to show cause why his certificate should not be cancelled or otherwise dealt with. Evidence disclosed that tho Rodney at tho time of the accident had 90 or more persons on the upper deck, which was 30 more than allowed by her licence.
No blame was attached to the Maritime Services Board or its surveyor, but tho Court recommended that greater precautions for public safety should bo taken in the case of passenger vessels of tho Rodney typo.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23002, 1 April 1938, Page 9
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