NO NEGLIGENCE
SINKING OF TUG IE AWHIHA ANOTHER MAKING FAST METHOD, i SUGGESTED [Per United Press Association.] WELLINGTON, October 20. A finding that the sinking of the Auckland Harbour Board’s tug Te Awbina was not brought about by any negligent act on the part of anyone was reached by the Court of Inquiry into the circumstances of the mishap, which occurred through the tug getting out of position and being drawn or forced against the side of the steamer Essex by the forward movement of the steamer, the set of the tide, and the suction of the Essex’s propellers. Replying to the specific questions, the court found that the single-line method of making fast, as used in Auckland, was not the most approved method, but it need not necessarily be altered if steps were taken to ensure the making fast of the after tug at a point so far ahead of the propellers as to exclude all possibility of fouling the propellers when the tug was drawn in against the side of the vessel being towed. In releasing the court’s finding today, the Minister of Marine said he proposed to draw the attention of harbour boards operating tugs to the methods suggested in making a tug fast to the side of a ship and the need for indicators on the gear that operates the watertight doors. ,
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Evening Star, Issue 23093, 20 October 1938, Page 12
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226NO NEGLIGENCE Evening Star, Issue 23093, 20 October 1938, Page 12
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