LOSS OF THE NAMBUCCA.
MAGISTERIAL IXQI'IRY. (Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Jan. 27. The magisterial inquiry into the loss of the steamer Nambueea on tho 16th inst., near Sinclair Head, opened to-day. Captain North deposed that he ran into thick weather at about eight o'clock, and endeavoured to pick up a point of land in order to discover his whereabouts. lie kept the vessel at full s|>eed, or the tide would have run •him ' back. He snw no light on account of tlie fog. Had there been a low light at Pencarrow he would probably have seen it. Witness admitted that he was too 'anxious to find land. He saw land six minutes before the ship struck the rocks.
Captain Manning, who was called to give evidence, said that under the conditions set forth iby Captain North he would not have run in towards the land.
The further hearing was adjourned until next morning.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7724, 28 January 1905, Page 2
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153LOSS OF THE NAMBUCCA. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7724, 28 January 1905, Page 2
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