THE MIOWERA.
The Pilot Blamed,
Only the coolness of. tho captain ami officers prevented a panic on the Miowera when she struck. Captain Stott and the pilot were on the bridge together at the, time. The pilot is Warned for the disitsfcr; ■ \
The pamphlet issued jti- ret sr<w.. to. ' the special yachting cruises to Norway, \ on one of which the Miowera was en- i gaged at the time of the mishap, states ( that the services of Pilot Brosc-oiie of < the most experienced and best known Norwegian pilots, who was formerly ] employed on the German Emperor's ; yacht—were secured for the excursion, • Pilot Brose acted in a similar capacity on ' the occasion of the Warrimoo's excur- ' sion to Norway, aud gave ample evi- i deuce of Ids extensive knowledge of tho < fiords, The Miowera was to have left | Ncwcastlo-on-TyneonWednesday week, , and on 31st July, about which date it is . probable she met with the mishap, she ' was due at Mcrok, the head of the Gcirangcr Fiord, whero the passengers ' were to have landed and driven to ! Knuden. In the afternoon a start was ' to havo been made for a cruise among i the hundred islands of the coast, arriv- ( ing at Anandalsuces, at the head of the , grand ltomsdal Fiord, m the evening. The present trip was tho third of the live projected.
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4791, 4 August 1894, Page 3
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221THE MIOWERA. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XV, Issue 4791, 4 August 1894, Page 3
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