THE WARATAH ENQUIRY.
London, February 22, The Board of Trade Court of Enquiry’s judgment in regard to the loss of the Lund liner Waratah states that the vessel was properly equipped and manned and the cargo properly stowed. There was sufficient stability, and the steamer was seaworthy. She was lost during a storm; probably she capsized. However, the chain of circumstances remains undetermined. The court is unable to understand the maintenance of silence concerning the stability and behaviour at sea of the Waratah when on her maiden voyage. This silence almost compels an inference unfavourable to the owners of the vessel.
The Globe says the fault in the Waratah must have lain in a hidden defect. The Court was clearly of opinion that all the facts had been revealed.
It was, adds the journal, remarkable that with a vessel of a new type the captain’s correspondence contained only trivial details. The Court’s remark that “the inference is unfavourable to the owners” was a very severe censure and required no additional comment.
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Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 959, 25 February 1911, Page 3
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171THE WARATAH ENQUIRY. Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXIII, Issue 959, 25 February 1911, Page 3
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