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MISUNDERSTOOD ORDER.
How the misunderstanding of a pilot s order led to the death of a seaman tn the Thames was explained at Greenwich recently at an inquest on Joseph William Peter Brown, able seaman of the steamship Laverock, belonging to the General Steam Navigation Company. Frederick Hurley, first mate of the steamer, said the Laverock was lying off Brewer’s Quay, preparing to move out to the Tower Pier under the direction of a pilot. Brown w r ent down in the ship’s boat to take the warps for attaching the vessel to the pier. The carpenter stood by the anchor. The pilot gave the order to slack away the mooring rope and then shouted “Let go” meaning the rope. 'The carpenter misunderstood and let go the anchor. Brown’s boat disappeared, but came up shortly afterwards bottom up and badly smashed. There was no trace of Brown* According to witness it was a dangerous thing for a man to get under a ships anchor or her propellor and he had warned the man against such a thing. “Misadventure” was recorded.
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Southland Times, Issue 21097, 31 May 1930, Page 8
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183WRECKED BY ANCHOR Southland Times, Issue 21097, 31 May 1930, Page 8
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