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Show WRKCK OF THE RIO. United Sltlre Inipeelors I'laeo lleeponalsll- II j on Coplalu Ward ood l'llol Jordan. Captains O. F. llollce and J, IC. llul-ger, llul-ger, United Htatet Inspector! of built and bollera, have handed down their dccltlon on the, retpontlblllty for the wreck of the itcamer ltlo de Janeiro on Tebruary 2!nd at tbe entrance to the Oolden (late. Their dccltlon placet the blame for the wreck upon the ltlo Caiflatn Ward and Pilot Jordan, The pilot, being a atate officer, I not under the jurisdiction jurisdic-tion of the United States Inspectors, and they have no power to punish him. The Intpectort blame the chief engineer engi-neer for Inattention to hliduty and revoke re-voke hit license at chief engineer, n had tan white men In his charge, consisting con-sisting of three engineer, three water tender, three oiler and a storekeeper, and the Inspectors are of the opinion that If Chief Koglueer Herllhy had called thla force on deck to man the boat many mor live would have been raved. |