RECENT STRANDING OF A STEAMER
(BY TELEGRAPH.— JRESS ASSOdWION.) AUCKLAND, This Day. Fiji papers record a Magisterial enquiry regarding the stranding of the steamer Fiona on the Nartata Reef, 30 miles north of Navua Passage, in the Zasawa Group, while proceeding from Lantoka to Labasa. The Fiona got off the reef two hours later, having jettisoned 900 tons of molasses. The Court found that the Fiona grounded on an uncharted patch; that an alteration of the vessel's course by the third officer (Paul Caesar) did not contribute to the grounding, but the third officer was deserving of censure for not informing the master of the alteration he had made in the course ; that Captain Barnes handled the vessel in a most seamanlike manner, and in no way contributed to the accident. It transpired that the Fiona was in the habit of taking eighty labourers from Suva,- and the Court expressed the opinion that better life-saving provision was desirable' when such a large number of adults was carried. '
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Evening Post, Volume XC, Issue 87, 11 October 1915, Page 8
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