WRECK OF THE ERROL.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 9575, 23 August 1909, Page 5

WRECK OF THE ERROL.

THE ENQUIRY.

Received August 22, 5.5 p m. SYDNEY, August 21. The Norwegian Consul-vienerai held an inquiry into the loss of the Errol. Johanneaon, one of the survivors, stated that the captain told him just before the disaster that he estimated the ship's position to be a degree south of Middleton Reef. No observations were obtained for two days owing to the overcast weather. No intoxicants were use d either before or after the wreck. The captain was a good disciplinarian. Several witnesses stated that Palmer had the captain's ring. Palmer, in evidence, at first denied this, but afterwards stated that Lawrence gave him a ring. It was the mate's watch at t .e time of the disaster. Lawrence stated that he found the ring near the captain's body, and might have given it to Palmer. The witness recounted the death of the persons in the vessel, and stated that he put the bodies overboard when life was extinct with the exception of the two children. They were missing in the morning, and ths mother must have thrown them overboard during the night, as the youngest was tied with a 1 strand of rope. He thought the mother was crazy.