PLEASURE-LOVING CREW.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LX, Issue 143786, 9 May 1912, Page 5

PLEASURE-LOVING CREW.

SIILORS WANT TO WEAR CARPET SLIPPERS. , A strange tale of the sea was related by a Hull skipper at a Board of Trade inquiry into the loss of the Hull steam trawler Golden Sceptre, The skipper, Charles J. Garwood, told the court that the vessel first stranded on the Icelandic coast, and on being go] off by a salvage steamer and repaired commenced her homeward voyage, only to again go ashore near Whitby and become a total loss. On the outward voyage his men quarrelled and refused to’obey orders, and seemed to think they were on a yachting trip. Some members of- the crew wanted to wear carpet slippers aboard, and asked that the vessel might go slower, as the water might come aboard and wot their foot. He constantly found the compasses tampered with, and ho attributed this to the men having a grudge against him because ho would not take the vessel into the bay and let them have an easy time. Whim breakers were discovered just ahead off the Icelandic coast, he ordered the helm to be placed hard to port, but the boatswain and spare hand, who were both near the wheel, were at loggerheads ns to who should turn tho wheel, and the vessel went on a reef. Had his instructions been acted on at once, the vessel would have cleared the The inquiry was adjourned.