The Tasmania Inquiry.
[By Telegraph.]
(Per Press Association.)
Auckland, This day. The Tasmania inquiry was resumed this morning.
A Maori named Tamihana Waitaia Kina deposed that he lives at Waiwhara, Mahia Peninsula. On the night of the Tasmania wreck he saw lights of a large steamer, side on, not moving, bow towards the Cape. It must have been close in and some distance from where he afterwards saw masts. All the rocks were close in to the shore. W. H. Clayton, timber merchant, Gisborne, deposed thc\t he was the only passenger on deck when the Tsamania struck at'half past ten. He looked out of the social hall and eoulfl see land right ahead. It looked as if they were surrounded by land. Witness knew the coast line well. A little after this the course was altered. The steamer was heading round Table Cape. She was not much over a mile from the Cape then. Shortly after this the steamer struck. Clayton rushed out. He saw the flash of a light, but could not say if it was Portland light. Just before he saw the light he heard two bells sound, meaning a light on the starboard bow. He saw some officer or the captain go on the bridge just after the steamer bumped.
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Hastings Standard, Issue 426, 15 September 1897, Page 2
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213The Tasmania Inquiry. Hastings Standard, Issue 426, 15 September 1897, Page 2
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