THE KAITOA MISHAP,
RESULT OF INQUIRY. CAPTATN TO PAY COSTS. (By Telegraph.—(Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Friday. The inquiry into tho stranding of the steamer Kaitoa near Cape Terawhiti on Sunday night was concluded this afternoon. After an hour's retirement the Court found: (1) That the stranding was primarily caused by the thick mist, which prevented the master from seeing the land and correcting his course; (2) that the stranding and damage to the ship was caused through default of the master in not using the log in order to verify the distance run from Brothers Island to Cape Terawhiti, and trusting, during the fog, when it was impossible to see land, to the ebb tide setting the ship sufficiently southward to clear Terawhiti, although this bad been his experience on former trips.' The Court was of opinion that the captain should pay the costs of the inquiry.
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Auckland Star, Volume XLVII, Issue 31, 5 February 1916, Page 6
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