LOSS OF THE S.S. MONGOL.
The following is the report of the Marine Court of Enquiry into the loss of the British steamer Mongol (some time in the New Zealand Mail service via San Francisco:— ■ . , *
1.-r-t\5 re^fin4 \\&k the, British steamer; Mongol^ 'Official Number 68,496; 1463; tons; of'London^ left Hong Kong bound for Japan at 10.30 a.m. on the 12th Dec, and that at, v noon on the, same day she struck on si rock —marked on the Ad*; miralty Charts—lying about nine-tenths of a mile- East 1 of the South Nine Pin Island, and became a total wreck from five to eight minutes after tho time of her striking. i, 2.—We find that out of a crew Of fifty^ two and one passenger (the Captain's wife), the Master* Chief and Fourth Officers, Second and Fourth Engineers, and twelveiothers, including the Captain's Wife," were drowned. 3.-—The Master and Chief Officer being drowned, the Court refrain from expressing any opinion on the subject of the loss of the Mongol, but ibeg leave to offer the evidence for submission to the Board of Trade.
The Court attribute no blame to the Survivors, but are of opinion, that, considering the circumstances under which they were placed, they all did their duty.
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Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1941, 24 March 1875, Page 4
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208LOSS OF THE S.S. MONGOL. Thames Star, Volume VII, Issue 1941, 24 March 1875, Page 4
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