NAUTICAL INQUIRY
STRANDING OF THE JOSEPH, ,'i. CRAIG. (Pn Unto Puu Aesocutioa.) . AUCKLAND, July 7. ' The Court of Inquiry into the stranding. of the barque' Joseph Craig found that * the masteT acted unwisely in attempting > to enter the port at night under the weather conditions existing, but di,d nbt feel justified in holding that this amounted ■. to wrongful default, as would entitle the> court to deal with hie certificate, under section 238 of the Act. The evidence went ..' ; to show that the stranding was due en-,*:'-tirely to a sadden rain squall, which ■ I caused the vessel to suddenly go to wind- - ■ward and obscured the harbour-lights in the channeL The master's certificate wa* returned. •,', .
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 16120, 8 July 1914, Page 7
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