NEGLECT OF DUTY.
NAVAL OFFICER DISCIPLINED
TRAGEDY ON THE VINDICTIVE.
RUGBY, August 16,
Lieutenant Simon Barrett, of H.M.S Vindictive, was dismissed from his ship and severely reprimanded by a court-martial ,at Chatham as the result of the explosion in the Vindictive at Chatham on July 23 by which an en-gine-room artificer was fatally injured and two stokers were hurt. He was found guilty of neglect of duty in allowing a fuse bomb to he supplied and sectioned without properly ascertaining whether it was safe or dangerous to he cut up.
Heavy Stranger (returning to his seat after interval): Did I tread on vour toes as I went out? Seated Man (grimly) : You did, sir. Heavy Stranger (to wife): That’s right, Matilda; this is our place,
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Western Star, 20 August 1929, Page 3
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