SPEED IN A FOG

Dominion, Volume 3, Issue 738, 10 February 1910, Page 5

SPEED IN A FOG

NARROW ESCAPE OF- THE STEAMER Yy-\ y^v^EDEN..^; , ; ':' : - ' \r: CAPTAIN'iTO;SHOW/ CAUSE, %■;■ By Telesiraph-Prefle Ajasociation-Oopyrleht. • ■:; : (Rec: February 10, 0.20"a.m.)'. .; ■•'■'.■'.■ .';-'■;■■.<.r;: Sydney,; February; 9. "■' ':The:Marine Court Jhas delivered- its decision in the ! case of'the ;Illawarra and South: Coast 'Steam.Navigatiori Company's ,steel screw.steamer tons, whiph, with, one - .hundred .passengers aboard, .crashed ";into a : high , cliff-'/at :.Cape St, George, about 150-miles, south 'oi : Sydney. .' A dense,fog prevailed at the 'time.\ The . steamer's, !;'fpnyard ■ bulk-head 1 .: saved : her from sinking, 'Tint she',had a;.very narrow escape.;' The whole •' of : the forefoot turned.right over./and"all. the .platcs'on her ; stem , : were; ; fractured. :.',!.;...'. .'• . The Court'found that the stranding of the, Eden ,was duo ; i» .'the Captain Bishop, not;reducing;; speed, wnen .the .steamer ran- into .4 ; thick"fog. .'"Captain Bishop.is called on to .show cause why his .certificate should not be cancelled or suspended.' .•. ';'■'■ .'■;■!./■ ':■'.. ■■''■' : :■;.:■; : 1." '"■'■" ■.";- --"■'".";.

: [On. the evening of. December 19,' the Eden arrived, in Sydney, wiith her bow badly smashed...: 1 .Although■■!the. -forward oompartmeut.nvas'-.floo'ded, ;the '.vessel- was able to make ..port -.The cliff.Jloomed. out of .the fog.suddenlyj:.ahdithe.vessel-was brought'.-"upv^sttinding,'by the: impact ;b£ fore: the. order :"Full. steam-astern!" could 'be,, carried•'oiiti:o,The shock .threw-- many passengers,bff.their.;feet:,, The. boats-were gptoui, and the;hundred passengers were served with lifebeltv but-the steamer meanwhile.sheered "off. "-;. The .accident was attribu.ted.itp, an unusually strong set of the current 'carrying', the vessel out of her 6burse.] ; ■■■•■■^-■'.■•■■••. , .'-;- , ..'i- , ..v. .'■ :,■.''"■' .-..