HARBOUR COLLISION.
EVIDENCE AT THE INQUEST. (Per Press Association—Copy! ight ) SYDNEY, January 13. At the inquest on the victims of the Greycliffe disaster Mr Justice Herdman, of New Zealand, sat on the Bench with the Coroner. _ _ Mr McDonald (engineer of the Manly ferry steamer Burrabra.) gave evidence that the maximum speed of his ship was 14 to 14| knots per hour. In reply to a question by the Coroner, he said that off Garden Island his ship was following the Tahiti, and the Burrabra was travelling at l3£ knots. He saw he could not overhaul the Tahiti on the west side of Bradley's Head, so went below to open up the Burrabra's engines to full speed, i Rupert Nixon, helmsman in the Burrabra, said he saw the Greycliffe alter her course. He did not think there would have been an accident if the Tahiti had slowed down to let the Greycliffe get past. „ He saw the Greycliffe turn to port across the Tahiti's course. ROYAL COMMISSION REQUESTED. SYDNEY, January 13. As an outcome of the Greycliffe disaster a meeting of masters' of steamers resolved to request the Federal Government to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the navigation regulations of Sydney harbour.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume 48, Issue 80, 14 January 1928, Page 5
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