WARATAH INQUIRY.
OWNERS' COMPLAINTS NOT serlous.
By Telegraph—Press Association-Copyright London, December 20. The inquiry into the loss of tho Lund liller Waratahj on or about July 27, 1909, while 011 tho voyage from Durban to Cape Town, en route from Australia to England, was continued to-day. Mr. J. Dickinson, Metropolitan Police Magistrate, presided over y'the Court, with Admiral Davis, Commander Lyon (of the Naval Reserve), ProfeSor Walcli, and Sir. J. H. Hallett as assessors. F. Lund, of the firm of W. Lund and Sons, owners of the Waratah, cross-ex-amined, said Captain Ilbery never seriously complained that the Waratah was less.stable than tho Geelong. . Counsel: Then the letters' to ■ the builders were bluff, in order to press forward a demurrage settlement. • Witness replied that they were not serious letters. He added that the gravity of the .disaster had greatly affected his father's health. ', Five passengers by the Waratah 011 tier first trip testified, that they were alarmed at the vessel's tophcaviness, and discussed the matter with the officers. Anothor passenger said he had never sailed in a . safer vessel. The inquiry has been adjourned till January 9.
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Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1006, 22 December 1910, Page 7
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186WARATAH INQUIRY. Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1006, 22 December 1910, Page 7
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