CASE OF CAPT ATWOOD.
PETIT]OX TO PARLIAMENT. The U)-s of (ho ElingnmilG hits b?eii brought lipforp l'siiliviinp-il by n petition from Captain E. li. AUukkl, the iiiiklpi- of tin' mpel, a-J;iiiK for a moii>laiv coinpensition for I'm* groat injury iio'lin- siillcroil, niul his family i.s Mill siill'fri iifr. tliroiiKh no fault of his own. In lii-i iicti'ion. 'vliii'h was'presented by •Mr. Wilioril illntt). ami read in the 'House of ts yo'tordny aiterlioivt, ho slntis flint the evidence at the ini|iiii'y last yeor shows In' has been tr«atwl in n war which t onhl not have been possible lin'l the proper eli'i.-tin,; of (he ,Thr?i? Kind's been Mown at tin? time <.f the first inquiry-. The Court, then absolved him absolutely from blame on all rimrgps, and decided that the ,"{Mending information issued by tl.o Marine Dollar! mo ill. unconsciously. of course, had rendered ,t imimssiblo for him to steer liis ship - vtVly in til,' vicinity of tho i,. land on which it struck.
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Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1507, 1 August 1912, Page 4
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163CASE OF CAPT ATWOOD. Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1507, 1 August 1912, Page 4
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