The Loss of the Catterthun.
(Per Press Association.) Sydney, August 14. At the inquest on the Catterthun victims tho second mate, (recalled) said at 2 o'clock on Thursday morning lie had a conversation with the captain, and pointed out that he thought the vessel required hauling out. He hauled her out three points and informed the captain who was in the act of coming on the bridge when she struck. Witness then left tho bridge to call all hands. The chief officer subsequently told him that the captain had decided to beach the ship, which struck the reef not rock. Everybody was sober. The steamer was trayejling at the rate of 11A knots. She became unmanageable eight minutes after she struck, being waterlogged and the reason she listed to starboard was owing to coal falling out of the hold on the port side. The only remark the captain made was " Good God, what ha r $ she struck." Witness replied the roef oil' Seal Rook.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 40, 15 August 1895, Page 2
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