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HARBOUR COLLISION.

INQUEST CONTINUED. (bt cable—press association—copyright.) (australian and n.z. and sun cable.) (Received November loth, 8.40 p.m.) SYDNEY, November 15. The adjourned inquest on the Greycliffe disaster was continued, the Coroner refusing to adjourn the enquiry further because of the approaching sittings of the Marine Court, stating that he did not intend to-day taking any evidence except regarding the identification of bodies and possibly that of a couple of witnesses, who returned from New Zealand to-day.

NEW ASSESSOR. (AUSTRALIAN AND N.Z. CABLS ASSOCIATION.) SYDNEY, November 15. Captain F. Jiliffe has been appointed by the Commonwealth Navigation Department as an assessor in the TahitiGreyliffe collision enquiry, in place ot Captain P. Howell, who resigned. CHIEF OFFICER'S EVIDENCE. (AUSTRALIAN AND NZ. CABLJ ASSOCIATION.) (Received November 15th, 11.40 p.m.) SYDNEY, November 15. Al tho Greycliffe enquiry, Cecil Sharpe, chief officer of the Tahiti, gave evidence that he was on duty on the forecastle of the Tahiti when the collision occurred. Both vessels were holding parallel courses and the Tahiti was going at about seven knots an hour. Witness was half-way up the forecastle head when he heard the first crash. Ho looked over the side and saw the Greycliffe across the Tahiti s bows. Witness had gone to give some orders to the boatswain when ho heard tne shouting and rushed back along tne deck. Then came the crash. There was nothing to indicate that the Tahiti had changed her course. When he reached the bows, the Tahiti was crashing through the upper works of the Greycliffe. The latter listed heavily and appeared to sink right under the lahiti's stem. He then gave instructions for the accident boats to be lynched, which was done, and the lifebelts thrown overboard. In replv to a question, Mr Sharpe said that the vessels before the collision did not appear to be converging From the time he first saw the Greychfte in collision it was only thirty seconds until the ferry disappeared. He could not remember hearing any blast of the whistle before the collision. Tho enouiry was adjourned till December 28th.

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Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19159, 16 November 1927, Page 9

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HARBOUR COLLISION. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19159, 16 November 1927, Page 9

HARBOUR COLLISION. Press, Volume LXIII, Issue 19159, 16 November 1927, Page 9

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