EXONERATED.
CAPTAIN GIBSON. OF THE
STORMBIRD
[per PRESS ASSOCIATION.] Wanganui, September 18. The finding of the Court of Enquiry into the wreck of the Stormbird is that the disaster was due to misadventure, the cause being attributed to the sea striking the bow just as the vessel felt the effect of sea and wind towards tho end of the north mole, when the ship was in light trim; and the bow being thrown toward*; the south mole, the vessel was driven broadside on to the mole; also the vessel had insufficient sea room to recover herself before striking. There was no contributing act or fault on the part of pilot or captain.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 3048, 19 September 1916, Page 4
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