MARINE INQUIRY
LAUNCH WRECK IN TORY CHANNEL (P.A.) BLENHEIM, February 13. The marine inquiry into the mishap to the launch Sterling, which was washed on the rocks in Tory Channel on December 9, resulting in two members of the Blenheim Deep Sea Fishing Club, Kenneth Fyfe and Wallace Jellyman, losing their lives, was concluded before Mr Maunsell, S.M., yesterday. The points for the court's determination were :—First, what was the cause of the casualty? Secondly, was the stranding and loss of life caused by or due to any act of negligence by the owners or person in charge of the launch? Thirdly, could the casualty hav eben avoided, and, if so, what precautions should have been taken? The court's report will be forwarded to the Marine Department.
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Evening Star, Issue 25716, 13 February 1946, Page 10
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127MARINE INQUIRY Evening Star, Issue 25716, 13 February 1946, Page 10
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