THE KAPANUI DISASTER.
TiilAL OF CAPT. SOITHtiATI
I'M! I'lli:ss ASSOCIATION. Acckuxd, I'ebruary 5. llie Iriiil ol William James South gate, master oi Hie Kit pa n 111, sank n llit! harbour iu the collision with tin Claymore. on |ho night 0 f IJoufHibi-i i.lrd. ii]»>n a charge of manslaughter in connection will, the acutli uf thm victims, commenced before Mi- ,Tu<liei lidnards to-day. The evidence I'or the Crown was k the clTcct that Captain Soulligale caused a L'l'eucli ul the regulations in going In starboard, all Hie witnesses holding that lie should have kept his course ami passed the Claymore green to green, They said llial had Ihcv been in Captain tfonlhgate's posilion they would not, under any circumstance* have crossed (lie Claymore's bow. The witnesses, wilh the exception of Caplain I'leining. superintendent ol' Mcrcant lie Marine, all held lliat the .\iick. laud Harbour did not come williin (he meaning ol' licgul ilion A3, rclaliu" to narrow channels. Mr Martin, I'or t lie defence, pointed out llial Captain ISoulhgafc acted lor Ihc best. ami asked if the jury were going to convict him for manslaught. r lor wlul was really an error of judg.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8046, 10 February 1906, Page 2
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196THE KAPANUI DISASTER. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 8046, 10 February 1906, Page 2
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