THE SUNKEN LINER.

Auckland Star, Volume XLV, Issue 152, 27 June 1914, Page 5

THE SUNKEN LINER.

EVIDENCE CONCLUDED. PRIVATE CONFERENCES FOLLOW. OrEBI-X , Jure 2-1. Tee Empress of Ireland inquiry a-.1- ----. n.r.l a stage to-day. the Curt Inning liiia-ht'd lit-aritrg evidence. Counsel for the National Sailors and l-'ircmon'* l'lii.in addressed the Commission. The inquiry then adjourned to allow counsel '.■r the owners of the Morstad and the :. uprcss of Ireland to prepare (heir ad- .:-. --C-. After their spervlitw the Comli.l- inn to hold a private i-ouferrncp tn sifi the evidence, with tiie aid of assos-r-or- nnd ti"' Admiralty.- exports appoiniedby the Domiuim and British Governments. It is cxucvted thai these ;cs.ion- >i ill last about two weeks. An !• pert .alle.l '~-,- the Storstad's lawyers that lie helitwcd the Stor- ► lad struck the other vessel at an inner sngje of forty decrees. Tlu- builder's expert had claimed that only one water- | .'a compartment was. penetrated by ;1i... .■oilier'- hum', whereas he b-lioveJ n.i had been |ienet.rated. He believed i.. enlarged rudder of the Empress, of Ireland was inarieciuate. Mr. Knili.iii-.'. recalled, stated that the !.ni r's. rudder showed a sro.it.. r perrentacre to the submerged area than ...is •u.-itui ill modern liner.-.