GAIRLOCH INQUIRY.
" PBR PRESS ASSOOIATION Auckland, January 3Q. The magisterial enquiry into tbe wreck of the Northern Steamship Oompxnj's Giirloch at Oakura on Janutry sth opened this morning. ; The OolU-ctor of Customs ea'd that .the cause of the wreak was in ffidentj steering and want of sufficient supervision of the conduct ef the man at the wheel and the 1 Jok-out man on an exceptionally dark and thick nigli'. If this was proved by the evidence, Oiptain Austen would appear by imp'ica'ion guilty of negligent navigation, as he was on the deck for a long time previous to and at the time of the I vess l stt iking.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 26, 31 January 1903, Page 2
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109GAIRLOCH INQUIRY. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XXXXV, Issue 26, 31 January 1903, Page 2
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