Unseaworthy Vessels.
(Per Press Association.) Melbourne, April 29. Clarkson, Government engineer of South Australia, who was deputed to make an independent examination of the steamer Wendouree on behalf of the Sangster Enquiry Board, states that the bunkers were so thin that it was dangerous to carry coal in them. He could knock a hole through anywhere with a hammer. The frame was almost eaten through, and he found serious cracks in the combustion chambers. Her boilers and decks were very thin in many places, and all the boilers were leaking. This Day. The Sangster Board has decided to ask the Government of South Australia to permit Mr Campbell, Engineering Surveyor, to give evidence as to the circumstances under which he allowed the steamer Wendouree to proceed to sea.
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Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 253, 30 April 1896, Page 2
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128Unseaworthy Vessels. Feilding Star, Volume XVII, Issue 253, 30 April 1896, Page 2
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