THE DEVON WRECK.
FINDING OF THE COURT. ) CAPTAIN'S CERTIFICATE SUS • - FENDED. (By TelegrapK-rPrm 'Association.) WEtiINOTON, Night. The Marine Court of Inquiry gate its decision to-day regarding the wreck of the steamer. Devon, at Pencarrow, on Monday of last week: X In the, opinion, of the court, the cause of the stranding was' that way was,not . taken off the vessel so as to allow of her being Handled expeditiously in. the narrow waters; that the master mistook the lights, and that the vessel I wag navigated too closely to the Peni carrow side of the that the j stranding was contributed to by the fault of the master, who was a stranger to the port, in not having made himself acquainted with the leading lights of the port, and, when these were obscured by squally conditions of weather prevailing at the 'time, in not heading the vessel out clear Lof the land to await clearer weather I or daylight, | The Court imposed on,'.. Captain I Oaunce ,ai.penalty of thr&e months'" suspension of his certificate, and ordered him to pay the costs of inquiry <£l6). ■ .':. \
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 3 September 1913, Page 6
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183THE DEVON WRECK. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 3 September 1913, Page 6
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