GREYCLIFFE INQUEST
SPEED OF TAHITI. (Australian and N.Z. Cable Association.) SYDNEY, January 13. At. the Greycliffe inquest, Justice Herdman sat on thq,, bench with Coroner McDonald. The engineer of the Manly Ferry steamer Burrabra, gave evidence that the maximum speed of his boat was 14 to 141 knots. In reply to a question by the Coroner, he said that off Garden Island his boat was following the Tahiti and the Burrabra. was travelling at 131 knots. Ho saw that he could not overhaul the Tahiti on the west side of Bradley’s Head, so he went below to open up the Burrabra’s engines to full speed. Rupert Nixon, helmsman on the Burrabra. stated that he saw the Greycliffe alter her course and added that' he did not think there would have been an accident if the Tahiti had slowed to let the Greycliffe get past. He saw the Greycliffe turn to port across tlie Tahiti’s course. FURTHER ENQUIRY. SYDNEY, January 13. As an outcome of the Greycliffe disaster, a. meeting of masters of steamers resolved to request the Federal Government to appoint a Royal Commission to inquire into the navigation regulations of Sydney Harbour.
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Greymouth Evening Star, 14 January 1928, Page 7
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