STRANDED STEAMER
SERIOUS CHARGE AGAINST MASTER EVIDENCE OF OFFICERS SYDNEY, Monday. Charges - of insobriety against Malcolm McDonald, master of the steamer Luciston, were made at the Commonwealth Court of Inquiry, which is investigating the stranding of that vessel at Ocean Island on December 27. The vessel recently reached Sydney. The repairs are likely to cost £3,000. Matthew Anderson, first officer, in evidence, said that when the Luciston struck a reef the master was on the bridge. He was intoxicated. The cause of the accident was the putting of the helm the wrong way. Witness denied that he had a grudge against McDonald, and that his ultimate object was to secure command of the vessel himself. Hugh Purdy, chief engineer, said the master was drunk when the Luciston hit the reef. His behaviour was peculiar, and he was “acting the fool.” Thomas Young, second officer, deposed that the master appeared to be sober before and after the vessel was stranded. The inquiry was adjourned.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume III, Issue 906, 25 February 1930, Page 9
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