WRECK OF THE MANAROA.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 93, 26 April 1913, Page 8

WRECK OF THE MANAROA.

* SUBMERGED WRECKAGE. ’ [Per Press Association.] Wellington, April 25. Dr. McArthur, S.M., held an enquiry to-night into the circumstances of the wreck of the Manama last week. Captain Gilbertson, who was in charge of the ship, said that when she struck Okuri point was bearing about east. The impact knocked the vessel about three-quarters of a point off her course. Ho kept going full speed for about a quarter of an hour after ■.triking. The engineer reported that the water was making fast, and the ship was going slower, and the boats were got ready for launching. Then the fires were drowned, and later the ship was grounded in Ghana Bay. Witness said that he followed the usual course, which provided plenty of deep water and would keep him vway front the fteef Barrels. When the ship slriitk, neither ' a rock nor ■any other object could be seep over the side. The Red Pine ’was lost near the same spot. Ho passed the Beef Barrels half a mile distant. The damage to the ship could have been caused by striking a log, and the timbers near the hole were not strained as ho would ‘dxpect if the vessel hit ••ocks. : ' 'Archibald'Walker, Lloyd surveyor, said that ho’examined tiie vessel. Her ’orefoot was knocked away, but there was nothing to show that the ship struck a rock. The Court’s finding expressed the opinion that the “Manama struck a submerged floating object, for which the captain was not responsible.