LOSS OF VESTRIES
RADID LOG PRODUCED. HELP OF CEDIUC DECLINED. •■"" NEW YORK, November 26. The Marconi International Marin© Communication Radio log of aff the messages dealing with the steamer Vestris ,\vhich sank off the Virginian coast, was produced at the inquiry before Mr, Tuttle, United Stages attorney; ' ; The log showed that Captain Carey radioed the master of the Cedric at 10.56 on Monday morning:'''We do not need! your help.". Although Carey sent an 8.08., at &k& tK© Cedric replied at 10.50 that she waa 180 miles away and .would go to the. assistance of the. Vestria •if-no other vessel were nearer., It was then that Captain Carey declined help.; . ' ; lt;wa's.further' disclosed that-;';at 8.37' Captain Carey wirelessed, the steamship Kedwick Hall: "Please ' stand by; we may need your'help/" It i 9 assumed Captain Carey 1 declined the"'"Cedric's aid because ho believed, he could get help more qtpckiy from other sources, commanding officer of the Wyoming 'testified that the : ps*Hi'ori as sent'■•out by the vessel'was incorrect by '37 miles. •'%*
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Stratford Evening Post, Issue 91, 28 November 1928, Page 5
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167LOSS OF VESTRIES Stratford Evening Post, Issue 91, 28 November 1928, Page 5
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