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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 81861, 10 October 1906, Page 3

THE LAUNCH DISASTER. IXOI/KST ON I lIK VICTIMS. Per Trpss Awchtion. lil' nb'-ini- ()(i"b''r H. Al the 'n.ju"- f 1 " n lllr b '' (l "?- of th« p r*in* clcivvTu-d in th" tana d<>n Sunday. *vid« nr<taken from I'aU he t. owner of the iautu'li Chant. 'li' si. en r. <,:irnbi>-. <>' .In ,wuf pally. Hi'; pap«nK<r who saved McKmlay. ■ Carmov and Cap*- Ki»k. pilot ftatio,,fit at ill'- Wairoa bar. The evidence wm 10 show 'hat 'l'" . xis-cnic of tli'' snajr was nm known <h'.«o n .haw of I',.- Mai liana. Had 111.' launch relurtvd al I'm u< V di-a-n vuld have been avoid"d. At n-.n 111'- jn'v vi-i'.'d the scene of ih• The-mi,'is about i:it from tv s ni h hank, and t!i:.'c feet ih'' surface »• hijfh t'-'O- - considered that had ill' launch If' n put astern'more lives c add have b'n saved. O'h' r ei st 'e;l that everyti.iri; «a< d ne possible to j-avo lit''Capain Fisfc. in hi~ cv'd'-ncp. staled h- could hav landed 'ln- " ithout so .lost* to the bank. There was n>in ' - it\ for -o doinn". The wry returned a verdict that th..' decea-.-d-- ni't their <?'■ ath by tlroun:n',' tl.rnuKti ill- e'unch ~rikiny a submerged -nac. and no blani'' was ;ii-tach.-U 'o tlr>-" in Kidt.'rb wi-re added iei cmni'ntling tin.' ainhoto r-'nio\e the snajj immediately a3 it was some danger to traffic, and that in future vessels plv'ntr on rivers fir hire carr-y life-saving- apparatus.