WRECK OF THE CATTERTHUN.
——♦ vni:mcr of the makixe poakd. Sydney, Sept. 25. The Marine Board found that the loss of the steamer Cattorthuu which ran on to the So .1 Books, was caused —First, by Capt. Shannon navigating her too close to tire land on a stormy nigiit, and ordering a course which brought the vessel :.o near the wellknown danger in ...o vicinity of tiro Seal Bocks ; and, second, by Mr Lanfear, the second officer, altering tiro course without authority, thus causing the vessel to strike the rocks, The Board will deal with Mr Laufear’s certificate on Monday. Late a, The Marino Board added a rider to their decision in tiro Catterthun enquiry, stating that it was rot quite clear what occurred after the vessel struck. From the position of the wreck one could hardly realise how tire vessel heads 1. Had she been taken into b'oal Bocks Bay smooth and shallow water would have boon found. With reference to statements that the women were not sooner warned and attended to, the Board had no doubt that the captain and officers did not realise there was such imminent 1 chuigey of foi^acleiiug.
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Patea Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 116, 27 September 1895, Page 3
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