THE TRIUMPH.

Patea Mail, Volume IX, Issue 1135, 7 January 1884, Page 2

THE TRIUMPH.

• [per press association,] AUCKLAND, Jan 5. It is not yet decided what is to be done with the Triumph, except that the coal will be taken out immediately. The list is caused by 200 tons of coal stowed on the starboard side. All the vessel except the forchold is kept dry. The cargo on board consists of 200 tons railway iron and 200 tons general cargo. The vessel will be ready for docking in about a month. Nothing has been decided re lengthening the dock, but it is proposed to erect a coffer dam, and after the vessel’s condition is ascertained to send to England for the plates necessary to repair her. The vessel is being left at anchor till their arrival. It is estimated that the purchaser has spent £2OOO, exclusive of the purchase money, in saving the vessel, and that, including the purchase money, she can bo made as good as new for between £15,000 and £20,000. Her estimated valno is £60,000. The refrigerator, which was saved uninjured, is estimated to bo worth £6OOO, and was purchased by the Auckland Refrigerating Co. The Enquiry, AUCKLAND, Jan 5. The Triumph inquiry closed last evening. Mr Brassey did not call any evidence for the chief officer, but contended that he had carried out his duties, and that no blame was attached to him. Mr Heskcth addressed the Court on behalf ,of the captain. He said it was a case of pure misfortune, and whatever the result of the trial was, the affair was the captain’s ruin. Mr Williamson asked the bench to cancel the captain’s certificate, as ho was not fit to have command of a ship and the care of lives. As to the chief officer, he was not free from blame, and should be made to bear a proportion of the cost. The Court reserved judgment till Monday.