STORMBIRD'S CAPTAIN EXONERATED
: FINDING OF THE COURT OF • INQUIRY. By Telegraph—Press Association. . Wanganui, September 18. The finding of the Court of Inquiry into the wreck of the Stormbird is that the disaster was due Ho misadventure, the oause being attributed to tho sea striking the bow just as the vessel felt the effect of soa and .wind towards the end of the north mole, when the ship was in light trim; and tho bow being thrown towards the south mole, tho vossel was driven broadside on to the mole; also tho vessel had insufficient sea room to recover herself beforo striking. There was no contributing act or fault on tho part of pilot or captain. .
Permanent link to this item
Hononga pūmau ki tēnei tūemi
https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/DOM19160919.2.24
Bibliographic details
Ngā taipitopito pukapuka
Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2880, 19 September 1916, Page 5
Word count
Tapeke kupu
115STORMBIRD'S CAPTAIN EXONERATED Dominion, Volume 9, Issue 2880, 19 September 1916, Page 5
Using this item
Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi
Stuff Ltd is the copyright owner for the Dominion. You can reproduce in-copyright material from this newspaper for non-commercial use under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0). This newspaper is not available for commercial use without the consent of Stuff Ltd. For advice on reproduction of out-of-copyright material from this newspaper, please refer to the Copyright guide.
Log in