THE SAROS WRECK
MASTER CENSURED
MELBOURNE, January 25.
The Court of Inquiry brought in the following, finding:—"That the loss of the steamer Saros on December 25 was due to. the failure in his duty of Captain John Aitken."
The Court sat again today to hear the charge laid against Captain Aitken by the Director of Navigation, Captain J. K. Davis.
The Court found that Captain Aitken's failure to take the utmost precautions could not be regarded as such a gross failure of duty as to warrant suspension or cancellation of his certificate, particularly in view of his long and honourable service, but that such failure was deserving of censure.
The cargo steamer Saros (3304 tons), owned by Australian Steamships, Limited, went ashore at Cape Everard, Eastern Victoria, 300 miles from. Melbourne, in dense fog last month.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 21, 26 January 1938, Page 11
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136THE SAROS WRECK Evening Post, Volume CXXV, Issue 21, 26 January 1938, Page 11
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