MILFORD SOUND MISHAP.
UNION COMPANY IN DEFENCE. CAPTAIN DID HIS BEST. (By Telegraph.—Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Thursday. The Union Steam Ship Company, replying to-day to the Minister of the Tourist Department's statement regarding the Milford Sound mishap on January 31, denies that any blame is attachable to it. The captain of the Moeraki made every effort to have the programme carried out. He steamed up in the vicinity of Bo wen Falls and blew a whistle, sounded detonators, and fired rockets for three hours, until told by Captain Hamilton, who came from the Sutherlands in a rowing boat, that the accommodation huts at Sandfly Point had been burnt. Wet weather and a strong tide running at the head of the Sound made the question of effecting a landing by the ship's boats problematical, and at best a long process, and not without risk. Even if the tourists had landed, there was no accommodation for them except at the Quinton Huts, 13 miles distant. It was not considered prudent to attempt a landing under such conditions.
The company shares the disappointment, but does not accept responsibility.
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Auckland Star, Volume LVIII, Issue 41, 18 February 1927, Page 10
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