THE CARNARVON BAY.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 14331, 8 October 1910, Page 3

THE CARNARVON BAY.

INQUIRY INTO THE WRECK. By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright MELBOURNE, Oct. 7. The court of inquiry into the wreck of tho Carnarvon Bay found that tho course token by tho captain was justified, but that the ship was not navigated in a careful and scamaiilike manner from tho time King Island was sighted. There was not ~an <,..jeient look-out’kept, the steersman -steering by tho land. Tho loss of tho vessel was duo to striking a reef or rock, but there was insufficient I '.evidence to show whether the rook was charted. It was decided to coll the Tasmanian Government’s attention to tho possibility of the existence of an uncharted rock. SYDNEY, Oct, 7. The Marine Board have decider! to take no further action in regard to tho wreck,of tho Carnarvon Bay.