That the said vessel took the Great Circle voute from the above sumed port, and experienced mod yately rough weather from the antu November, 28, vessel pings water from time to That about 2 o'clock on the afte noon of November 28, she eneou tered a fresh gale and rough follow ing sea, the wind increasing to 3 whole tale force from S. E. by That by the force of the wind fand sea the vessel acquired a list Of 15 degrees or more and took Heavy gens amidships continually. That about 11.15 o'clock p.m. the gangway door and wig wore eat over: Board, and at 11.20 oclock. two" starboard lifeboats were Jost, overboard, carrying away the startonrd shrouds © and aerial; that the wireless repaired as soon as possible, at 11.15 o'clock orders were tel graphed by the Master to the engine-room to assist the steering as the ship would not answer her helm:
That at 11.30 o'clock the Master instructed the Chief Engineer to fill Nos, 4 and 7 port ballast tanks, and Yhat the Chief Engineer reported that water had entered the engine-plates and thi \s impossible to arty out the orders. That by 1 time the vessel had a heavy list to starboard: That shortly after 11.40 o'clock p.m. the lashings on The forward deck and the deck land oard, and that the vessel then turned toa more even keel: That about 12.10 a.m. on November, 29, the Chief Engineer reported that the engines were ovt of use owing to flooding of furnaces, and that at am, on December 2 position approximately 51.38 N. lat, 178.16 West lens.
Pumps Failed to Handle Water Ihe Court, having regard to. the cumstances above stated, finds that the foundering was caused by water entering the engine-room and stokehold, Lut that, while the evidtence before the Court has not clearly established the source of entry, thy Court is of opinion that the water tered by cause of the skip labour. ug and straining in the exception ally heavy weather and probably starting plates below the water line, The Court further finds that the Pumps failed, and that they were the That the master appears to have navigated his ship in a seamanlike and proper manner up to the time of the entry of the water into the engine-room, but the Court cone siders that he should have taken micro immediate steps to trace the cause of the entey of the water and that he failed to realize soon enough the gravity of the that otherwise he did all in the circumstances;
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