STRANDING OF RIVERINA
MARINE COURT INQUIRY
By Cable. —Press Association.—Copyright SYDNEY, Tuesday.
At a sitting of the Marine Court, which is inquiring into the stranding of the Huddart-Parker steamer Riverina, the master, Captain Thomas Parry, stated that the grounding of the steamer was due to the abnormal set of the current toward the land. Witness said this put the Riverina about 13 miles out of her course. Until he saw breakers ahead he thought he was well away from the land.
Two or three minutes later the vessel struck.
The inquiry was adjourned till Thursday.—A. and N.Z.
The Riverina left Hobart for Sydney at noon on Saturday, April 16. She met fresh weather until Sunday morning, when the wind rose to a gal.e and heavy seas from the south-east were encountered. The visibility became bad and toward dusk the thick clouds overhead were accompanied by heavy rain. The vessel went ashore one and a-half miles from Gabo Island, off the coast of Victoria, at 7.15 p.m. on a sandy bottom. The ship carried 142 passengers and her crew numbered about 100 men. All were safely landed.
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Sun (Auckland), Volume 1, Issue 83, 29 June 1927, Page 1
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