THE WRECK OF THE HALCIONE.
-oMAGISTERIAL INQUIRY. (PRESS ASSOCIATION TELEGRAM.) WELLINGTON, January 15. Ab the Magisterial inquiry into the wreck of the Halcione to-day, the evidence was much the same as the published account of tho disaster. Captain Boorman said he was standing off the Heads to pick up the Soames Island light when one of the most sudden changes of wind he ever experienced sprang up, and was attended with lightning and rain. About a mile aud a half off Pencarrow the vessel's course was changed, and as the licht was shortly after obscured he had the lead cast when twelve fathoms with no bottom was recorded. Immediately after he saw the ship was in close proximity to land. He attempted to wear the ship, and while doing this she cruuehed on the rocks ab a speed of 11£ knots. He considered that he was caught in a trap by the sudden change of wind and the thick weather. The finding of the Court was that the casualty was caused by accident through stress of weather, without any ueglecb or default on the part of the captain or crew. The Crown will bear the cost of the enquiry.
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Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9315, 16 January 1896, Page 6
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THE WRECK OF THE HALCIONE.
Press, Volume LIII, Issue 9315, 16 January 1896, Page 6
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