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NAUTICAL ENQUIRY.

WfIECK OF THE TIMARU.

At LyUdton ypM'.Tilay a rnqniry into the Ims of the iron Iwifjue Timaru whs hold bffore Mr R, BeeMwni, S.M., :ind Captains incsnn and Seonlar. assessors. Mr T. W. Stringer appeared for tha Ma lino Department. Hiicrh Muni), mustrr mariner, deposed thai. Ji« -iv.i>. part-owner of the: Timaiu, of 354 tons register. Nh* was quite sound, and had been overhauled «it> Sydney. Her compam-s uere. adjusted in Lytt'elton r>n March 21sl. Witness brought tie !='hip from Franco -wiih to tons lvi.llast. She was insured fnr £2500 in the Standard and Alliance Companies. Thpv pud the iosiuvuice. Captain Willi?, surveyor to the Underwriters' As.<.nrir»i,ion, rend ])i* repwis to the effect that, tih.- TCKvI was a perfectly good 1 risk .-md sc;iwort-hy in every reaped. In his opinion tfc? hallnst was ample, and, br.sidcf». f*he w;is a, vessel of a large amount rf stability. Captain Henry Williams, roaster nf tho Morning Light, deposed that ho w a «. off tho Kaikciira Peninsula r>n August 24th. n.ncl txw thfl liarrjue Timaru to the. eastward. Fiift. sighted 'her. at 10 a.m. She. w.t» rf-nnd'.iifr in to the land. A heavy sqnaM came up about 11 o'clock. The last witness ayr of the Tima.vn was about halfpast tv/dvo. She was then running before the wird with Iwo lower topsails. A very heavy yen vas running. I*h:> "weather was j thick, l>ut> iiftynvivii , !? Heared up. The Court found that the Timaru way totally 10.>.(, throii.sjh lieavy weather or other perils of tho sen. on Ausiuft 24f.1i, 1902, and wvis iiuured for £2500; that she was well found, properly ballasted, and wril manned.

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Press, Volume LX, Issue 11494, 29 January 1903, Page 6

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NAUTICAL ENQUIRY. Press, Volume LX, Issue 11494, 29 January 1903, Page 6

NAUTICAL ENQUIRY. Press, Volume LX, Issue 11494, 29 January 1903, Page 6

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