| Unique ID: | 14671 | | Description: | Board of Trade Wreck Report for 'Lizzie Fennell', 1881 | | Creator: | Board of Trade | | Date: | 1881 | | Copyright: | Out of copyright | | Partner: | SCC Libraries | | Partner ID: | Unknown |
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(No. 1164.)
"LIZZIE FENNELL."
FINDING of a Naval Court of Inquiry held at the British Consulate, Valparaiso, on the 13th day of October 1881, into the burning and abandonment of the ship "LIZZIE FENNELL," of Liverpool.
Present:
JAMES DE VISMES DRUMMOND HAY, Esq., C.B., Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, President.
Mr. ALEXANDER McBETH ELLIOT, Master Mariner, and Surveyor to Lloyd's of Valparaiso,
Members.
Mr. WILLIAM HENRY CAWNE WARREN, Master of British barque "Bedfordshire," certificate No. 30,451,
Mr. ADOLPH FREDERICK HOWARD, Clerk to the Court.
The Court, pursuant to an order from Her Britannic Majesty's Consul, proceeded to investigate the cause and manner of the burning and abandonment at sea of the British ship "Lizzie Fennell," of Liverpool, official No. 64,485; and having deliberately weighed and considered the evidence and observations put forward by the master and crew of the vessel, the Court finds that the "Lizzie Fennell," a wooden ship of 1,010 tons or thereabouts, sailed from the Tyne on the 11th June 1881, with a cargo of West Hartley steam coal, bound for Valparaiso; that the cargo she had previously carried had been sugar from the Phillipine Islands, and that at the time of taking in the cargo of coal the vessel was clean and dry.
That on the 21st August the vessel was abandoned in latitude 40º 30 south and longitude 54º 45 west.
That at the time of abandonment the "Lizzie Fennell" was in a rapidly burning condition, the flames having burst through the decks.
That the "Lizzie Fennell" was provided with a surface ventilation only.
That the fire originated from spontaneous combustion of the coal, and that there is no appearance of any illegal or wrongful act on the part of the master or crew.
That the barque "Isaac Jackson," flying the flag of the United States of America, having answered their call for assistance, the master and crew of the "Lizzie Fennell" were justified in abandoning that vessel and taking refuge on board the "Isaac Jackson;" and the Court, attaching no blame to the master, officers, or crew of the "Lizzie Fennell," has pleasure in returning to Mr. William Sinclair, and to the mates, Mr. Thomas George and Mr. Alexander McIntosh, their certificates.
(Signed)
W. H. CAWNE WARREN.
ALEX. McB. ELLIOT.
J. DE V. DRUMMOND HAY, H.B.M. Consul.
A. F. HOWARD, Clerk to the Court.
L 367. 934. 70.—12/81. Wt. 203. E. & S.
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