WRECK OF THE MACLEAY.
CARELESS NAVIGATION THE
CAUSE,
Sydney, October 15
At the inquest on the three bodies from the wreck of the MacLeay, the Coroner found that they had been drowned, and added that the foundering of the vessel was caused by the careless navigation of the chief officer, Goldsmith.
COURSE CHANGED BY CHIEF OFFICER.
(Received 1(1, 9.50 a.in.) Sydney, October 16
At the inquest on the MacLeay victims, Petersen gave evidence as til the chief officer changing the course set by the captain. The steamer shortly afterwards struck. The captain ordered tho lifeboat out and rockets to be got ready. He was trying to get the vessel round to beach her when she sank. When -the chief officer told the captain tho course he bad bc.-n steering, the captain replied: “Oh, you murderer !”
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXI, Issue 52, 16 October 1911, Page 5
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