STEAMER FOUNDERS AT SEA
A MYSTERIOUS DISASTER. By Telegraph-Press Association-Copyright (Rec. September 27, 10.15 p.m.) Sydney, September 27. The Court has concluded-, its inquiry into tho foundering of the steamer Tathra, a vessel of 485 tons gross, in' tho New Hebrides on January i, with the loss of 2-t lives. The Tathra was running back into port beforo a storm, and took in so much water that sho became unmanageable. The Court wag iinable to discover how the water was shipped, as tho master's theory that it entered by open portholes was untenable. Tho master's and officers' certificates wete returned. The Court held that it was unwiso to omit sounding the well twice daily. Every ocean-going craft of such a tonnage should be compelled to carry, ready bent, a minimum amount of. canvas.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1557, 28 September 1912, Page 5
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133STEAMER FOUNDERS AT SEA Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1557, 28 September 1912, Page 5
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