The Collision Between the Jane Douglas and Tai.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1499, 5 November 1885, Page 4

The Collision Between the Jane Douglas and Tai.

The Magisterial inquiry was continued -at noon :on. Tuesday; Mr. Izard f6r tlse Customs^ Department, and, Messrs Fittfgerald and Gully 1 £ 6t Captains Fraser and Pope, respectively, appeared as bei6fe. William Clark, engineer of the Jane^Douglas, ; saidj that ,on leaving, the wharf, at about .4.15 p.m. on the 20th ultimo,, he put the engines, half-speed v aßead','and then full spe v ed. This wajs not altered untile about ,4i50, when thk telegraph sounded . •'stop." He then saw thVTui'B funnel with thick smok£ issuing from it, and felt a slight shock. .He was ,m the ens"i ne-room all the ' time. He did '.not lay m any. specials coal on this occasion . ( to A race; r/the • Tui. Ti \k highest'pressure of steam the engines were capable of were 851 b, but they worked at a lower pressure the day of, the, collision owing to-inferior coal. ' * Thomas Watson, engineer of, the Tui, said that when they left the wharf the engines were working at a pressure of. 75H), and ; the time, vthe steamer passed Point Halswell this had been i educed to 551 b. He first saw the Jane Douglas about 15min after leaving the wharf. Oil that day he did not hear Captain Pope say anything about a race bet > een the two steamers. Henry Pricej winch-driver of the Jane Douglas, gave evidence that he first noticed the Tui whilst- crossing Evans Bay, the -former vessel being about 6ft ahead:" Thly rounded; Point Halswell togethei:. jn He heard Captain Pope ' tellTCaptam JFraser to keep closer m, but did riot hear i%6 latter make any reply, and then Captain Popei shotted, " You b^— -, I'll run you down." Immediately after this he ab4 : served Captain Pope put his helmi hard-j : a-port, and the two vessels collided, re^ maining together about 4ihiri. They separated, bnt again came together, arid, m that position steamed along until about off Steeple^Rbck. Jdhti'Olsen a seamen belonging, to the Jane Douglas also stated -that he. heard <. Captain; Pppt 1 'threaten ''to run the Jane Douglas down! William Forema"n7 a seaman onthe^Tui said that all he heard Captain Pope say] to* Captain , Fra^eir was, '' keep a little closer m," , • .. . \. The inquiry was adjourned until Thursday week next, ..at 2.30 p.m. j

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