GERTIE-PENGUIN COLLISION
By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Uist Xiglit. At the Magisterial enquiry into tiie recent collision in Cook ,Strait between the steamers Penguin anil Gertie, (,'. A, Pearson, second engineer of the Ger'ie, and J. W. Watson, chief mate of the Gertie, gave evidence. The latter said IIU 1 ;n-iii)n ol 1 In? LYnyuin's iiujsUt in porting his helm and running between the beacon and the headland was to his mind the cause of the collision. P. l;. Gamble, second ollicer of the Penguin', who was on the bridge when the'collision occurred, said if the captain o't the Gertie had starboarded his helm instead of porting it she would have cleared (lie Penguin, lie had the impression that the Gertie's captain had lost his bead. (.'aptain I}. Ktewarl. win) was master of the Penguin when l.iie collision took place, said he could not remember having said the collision would not have occurred had he been on the bridge. The enquiry will be resumed to-morrow.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 240, 3 October 1908, Page 2
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163GERTIE-PENGUIN COLLISION Taranaki Daily News, Volume LI, Issue 240, 3 October 1908, Page 2
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