WRECK OF THE OMAKA.
LESSONS FROM THE DISASTER A SYSTEM OF WARNINGS. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wellington, Feb. 18. The verdict of the Court in the Omaka inquiry was that the vessel was well found, properly manned and seaworthy, and during the southerly gale a heavy confused sea struck her on the port quarter ajid she broached to and capsized. The Court in a rider pointed out to the Minister that the evidence showed that at the time of the wreck the flagstaff at Pencarrow was undergoing repairs and the signalman was unable to give effective signals to the steamers which passed shortly afterwards, and hoped that in future a temporary one would be erected immediately. The Court further recommended that detonating bombs be placed at the lighthouses and signal stations as a further means of attracting the attention of passing vessels. The Court also pointed out that had a lifeboat been available' on the Pencarrow side of the harbor, at least one life might have been saved, and trusted that stqps would be taken to provide means of rescue in the future.
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Taranaki Daily News, 19 February 1921, Page 4
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182WRECK OF THE OMAKA. Taranaki Daily News, 19 February 1921, Page 4
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