A RECENT COLLISION.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 423, 4 February 1909, Page 5

A RECENT COLLISION.

.■(Br'MMpBJIPHr^i'BBSS'-ieSOCiATioM^cbprijieHT.). '{■ y E:/: . '4, : - 0.47. avm.) v:;;;v;;_ i : S ; -Ti^y-i"u ;.;•■': /.'•"• ;■ ■•'. Sydney,: February ■ XJourt :of: Inquiry;•.into ;tho :lVernaT^<lyance\-.coUieioii,fo;ind: : ;i;that.';,!the ;jmaster;of-tlievtug'Advance : (Capt;:M'Kenzie, ;who::wasr:drowned) .brought; about'the/disas;,teribyjbringirig"iiis yes.sel/ ; round from"a , posiftibri'on' the.stariibard'bow ai thelyefila ;tp i a revered position-on her;ppri,bpw.'y : ., : \ ; .rfft ; ;;' v -; : <JpVt f ihat: everything-;tliat: ■wafs-reachable: ari^^^^ "maatβ^'Cpf':'^βt■lTO^^^;■■savβ'Vt^β : the ■tiig;^Af,'fiy£iii|i : ;t;.y ; .:.! .'v^iieJ-judgeYebminOT^d^qhythei.jfeoUessness , ; of i'the master: of; :tHe;tug hi coming alongside' tlie shipi^V:;^^\■" J- -*^■■ : :'■-■;';■■ ■ 'r^'!^ : - ■• :, ;:-; •;••: [The owners" , of .the ,fng recently -made: a claim> of iSlliOOi)'against; thei .owners of the: ship Iverna fotvloss of the. it'.Tvas oabled'.on January. 28 .■.that:the'lverna.:.had:,been-arrested on an order of fthe .Vice-Admiralty- Court,■;: The collision .took place' on Christmas.night,,.when ■Messrs.' and Cb.'s iroh v ;tug Advance, 18.1:.tons, }left: Neivcastla:in : order ;: tQ'' take'in tow.-the'steel.'.four-masted barque Iyerna.-.2312 tqnsr' ; : The. barquei struck-the'tug, , , which, sank,. Seven'persons.'on the Advance 'perished, tho ■.■ only .suryiyor. being 'the mate,; Mr; ,; Wills.' ATKe' iTernareabhed Newcastle-with hot •forepart full : 6f.'-water»lijf.Sw:-7iiv-<V ■ :-^'-'^'Sv'>\. : , : ;:iVi^