HARBOUR TRAGEDY

Evening Post, Volume CV, Issue 5, 7 January 1928, Page 15

HARBOUR TRAGEDY

GREYCLIFFE-TAHITI COLLISION JUDGE PLACES BLAME OX OVERSEAS VESSEL ' (United Press Association.—Copyright.) (Received 7th January, 3.15 p.m.) SYDNEY, This Day. ■ Continuing his statement in connection with the Tahiti-Greycliffc inquiry, Mr. Justice Campbell said that from abreast the northern end of Garden Island to the place at which the collision occurred, tho Tahiti was in relation to the Grrycliffe an overtaking vessel, and as such was subject to the rules governing an overtaking vessel. "I think the cause of tho collision was the failure of the Tahiti to observe that rule and keep out of the way of tho Grcycliffe. I am unable to accept tho case put forward on behalf of the Tahiti, and those in charge of that vessel, that the Greycliffe, when she was about four hundred feet away from the Tahiti's bridge and about four points on the starboard bow, suddenly swung to port with a sharp angle of a turn that would head her almost tc north and to tho west of Bradley's Head. No one was able to suggest ai>v reason for this as a voluntary act, and it is not otherwise sought to be explained or accounted for, and it is flatly-denied by the master .of the Greycliffe."