The Late Collision.
[Reuters Telegrams.] Melbourne, April 9. The Navigation Board concluded its enquiry into the Adelaide-Wairarapa collision to-day, and delivered its decision. The Board found that the Adelaide, being the overtaken vessel, was bound by the regulations to keep out of the way of the Wairarapa, and that Captain Lockyer was therefore responsible for the casualty. Taking into consideration the darkness and dangers of the channel, the Board considered it highly reprehensible to proceed at such a high rate of speed, the vessels being in dangerous proximity. The Board suspended the certificate of Captain Lockyer for two months, and severely censured both masters, and cautioned them as to the future. Captain Berlin, Nautical Assessor, entered a protest against the finding of the Board, being of opinion that both masters were responsible for the collision.
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Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 104, 10 April 1884, Page 2
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135The Late Collision. Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 104, 10 April 1884, Page 2
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