THE RONA MISHAP.
ENQUIRY CONTINUED. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Auckland, July 13. At the Rona inquiry Thomas Braithwaite, master mariner, said that as mate he had taken his ship past the Flat Rock light without the captain being on the bridge. He would have set a course for the light and altered it when a mile or so away. William Ross, master mariner, said if the master had confidence in the mate, he was justified in leaving the mate in charge. C. T. Grantley, chief officer, recalled, said when the ship struck she was within 200 feet of the light, but when he gave the order to turn, thinking he was about a mile off, the ship, he now knew, must have been about 1000 feet off the light. He was honestly deceived by the light in approaching. The court adjourned at the chief officer’s request, to view the ship and to become acquainted with -the exact positions of the bridge, and where the persons concerned in the inquiry were at the time of the mishap.
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Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1922, Page 7
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175THE RONA MISHAP. Taranaki Daily News, 15 July 1922, Page 7
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