ILL-FATED DUCO.
'"’The courts’ decision in the Duco inquiry was given at Wellington yesterday. The court was of opinion that the steamer foundered at sea in all probability on the night of her departure. In answer to a question whether the vessel was seaworthy when she left Wellington, the Magistrate said he was of opiniop that the Duco, when leaving port, was not in a condition to encounter such perils of the sea as she might be fairly expected ‘to encounter in going to the i Chatham Islands. He considered that laden as she was with a deck cargo of ten tons of coal not lashed, a 400 gallon tank full of water, some timber, and some concrete blocks, it was sufficient to render a ship of the Duco’s class unfit to encounter the perils referred to, and hence, ordinarily speaking, unseaworthy. $
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 602, 27 November 1909, Page 2
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142ILL-FATED DUCO. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXI, Issue 602, 27 November 1909, Page 2
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