TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS
WELLINGTON, Wednesday. A sfioiMed warni'nB' by the lookout, "Rocks ahead-!" &h ^order. By the captain to the hehnsman to swing tfie ship- hard; to starboard, an'onder to- the engin'e-i-oohi to full a'stern-, and1 a crash, a's- the' Wanganella stiMc'k Balrett's RCef . All .happened' practfcaiiy sihMltancotisly, according to evid'Cnce given today at the inquiry into* the causes pf . tfie' strandiHg. Witnesses called. this morbing were prihcipaliy oMcers and membCTS of the erew of the l'iner,. bht the Skipper of a fishing boat aiid his son gave evidence re'giaMirig. eon'd!itions when they entered tbe harbour at about- 11 p.m. on' January" t9.
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Chronicle (Levin), 26 February 1947, Page 5
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