TRAGEDY ON DISCOVERY

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 241, 12 May 1933, Page 5

TRAGEDY ON DISCOVERY

Death of Captaia Carey INQUIRY HELD British Official Wireless. Rugby, May 10. Mr. D. J. Colville in the House of Commons said an inquiry into the cause of ilii' death of Captain Carey of the snip Discovery was held under a section of the Merchant Shipping Act, under which the Mercantile Marine Office superintendent at the port of discharge was required to verify the statement in the log as to the cause of death. Inquiries of this kind were not open to the public. The superintendent confirmed the log entry, "Lost overboard; presumed drowned." It was surmised Captain Carey, who was suffering from a nervous breakdown, left his cabin in the early morning in a dazed condition and fell