LOSS OF VESTRSS
JUDGE DECLINES TO LIMIT LIABILITY OF OWNERS. , Federal Judge Goddard declined today the limit of the liability of the Lfvjerpool, Brazil and River Plate Navigation Co,, Ltd., owners of the steamer Vestris, which sank in November, 1928, with large loss of life. The decision affects 600 claimants, who have brought suits aggregating £1,000,000 against the companies. The owners had sought to limit the liability to £18,000, the value of the cargo sunk. The Larnport-Holt liner Vestris sank at sea 300 miles off Hampton Roads, on November 12, 1928. Upwards of 100 lives were reported lost. The disaster occurred in a fog and aroused great controversy, doubts being expressed as to the sea-worthi-ness of the vessel, and the survivors ascribed great negligence on the part of the officers in appealing for aid, stating that many lives had been needlessly sacrificed.
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 1, Issue 24, 21 September 1931, Page 5
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