Wreck of the Steamer Valencia Report to the President of the Federal Commissio

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Wreck of the Steamer Valencia Report to the President of the Federal Commissio
United States Commission On Valencia Disaster
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The Connnission, therefore, is obliged to express its strong disapproval of any system which requires a man to maintain lookout duty for any such period of time as six hours, and it is believed that such system in this case was responsible for the fact that land was not reported by the lookout. 25639—06 2 CHAPTER IV.
SECOND PERIOD— AFTER THE VESSEL STRUCK AND BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF THE RESCUE FLEET.
As soon as the vessel struck, or within a few minutes thereafter, soundings were taken in the bil
...ges of the middle compartment w^hich showed, first i foot of water, then 2 feet, and then 6 feet, all within a period of five or six minutes. These soundings were reported to the captain, who was still on the bridge, and he evidently came to the conclusion that the vessel would sink and must be beached, and he therefore informed Peterson that he w'as going to beach her. The engines were started full speed astern and the vessel was beached stern foremost, as previoush^ stated.
The exact location where the \essel struck is at a point substan- tially 22 miles from Cape Flatter}-, northwest three-quarters west, magnetic, 12 miles northwest along the coast from Carmanah Light and 9 yi miles southeast along the coast from Cape Beale Light.


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