WRECK OF THE EUNICE
OPENING OP THE INQUIRY.
By Telegraph-Press Association. Wanganui, October 3. The nautical inquiry into the wreck of the scow Eunice was held tcwJay, before Mr Hewitt, S,M., and Captains Lambert and J. Black. Evidence aa to the Lt across the entrance was given by Captain Holm, master of the Byrne* who attributed the mishap, to wind and the set of the eoa. Captain Sproule,.of Lyttelton, formerly master o£ the Eunice, in evidence, said there was a strong set rt Wwrnui. and Captain r ßonner corroborated this. Captain M'lntyre fte nilot etated that no set was perceptible on the day, and that there was no permanent se at the entrance Captain Sn, of the Harbour Board tag, said he noticed no set on the day of the misnan Tho conditions were fit for the Fun'ice to cross. Other evidence on the Lme lines was called. The case lias not CO pS' advice received in Wellington vesterday stated that practically all of fh H careo in the Eunice had been ealved, 'nd thft the work was etill going on MthoTi4 tte vessel was not as eenously &M was first believed. Sho was Sheless in a bad way and it is very doubtful if she can be eaved.
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Dominion, Volume 11, Issue 8, 4 October 1917, Page 4
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