THE WRECK INQUIRY.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2330, 25 June 1886, Page 2

THE WRECK INQUIRY.

(bytblsmuph) •',■•.;'' Timaeu, this day, . The wreok inquiry was this ; morning. The only new evldenoe was -■•: that of the carpenter, Andrew Johnston,".' He said he received orders from the pilot'. to let the anchor.go when the' ship Ma\' down the bay. Ten fathoms of oHß'"''" were down, and he than went upon 'does and told the mate he thought the anohor ' was away from the chain. The mate said ' ■ we had only run ahead of our anohor,' My reason for believing that the anohor ' was gone • was that the' anohor sprang, back when I chooked it. I cannot say whether the vessel had ' headway in when wrecked. : The cable. was bel6w at the time in the cabin lookdr. I checked her by the pilot's orders., It ■'.' waß before I went below that I looked '' over the boats to see if the cable had/ .". parted, I found the vessel'over m'•.['„ anohor, and that th» cable was trailing under her bottom. I ooiild not toll where ~'\ the cable parted. It was 'about forty '•,''?/ minutes,.as near as I can tell, before • I got .ordors to heave in the anohor '- after it was dropped. I sunt Robins .'' down to chain looker to see that the ohain was all right. I went down '.; myself and heard a noise which turned out to be water .rushing in. The •' Captain gave orders to clear away the' '.* boats. 1 never heard the pump at all . V. during th'.« time the towing was going on.".'";' I heard -.the pilot three times say lo tho ;'i master of the Grafton: "If you don't '■■ mind what you are doinc; youll put tf» ship ashore." -1 cannot say whether w ship had any way on when the anchor ' ! wai.let.gg/ '/■ , •'' j;, !: ; '