EQUALLY TO BLAME
MASTERS OF STEAMERS COLLISION AT SYDNEY DAMAGES APPORTIONED (Reed. Mar. 18, 10 a.m.) MELBOURNE, Mar. 18. The'High "Court irTAdmitalty jurisdiction yesterday found that the masters and crews of both the Union Steam Ship Company’s Kairanga and the Empire Star were equally to blame for the collision in Sydney harbour on the night of March 7, 1940. The owners of the Empire Star, Frederick Leyland and Company, Limited,' claimed £25,000 damages and the Union Steam Ship Company claimed £75,000. The court found that the Empire Star was on her wrong side and that no proper lookout had been kept, while in the case of the Kairanga, which was extensively damaged, there was insufficient lookout at the time of the collision. In addition she had turned to port too soon. The collision was the outcome of a combination of faults on the two ships. The court apportioned the damages equally between the owners of the two ships. No order was made on costs.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVIII, Issue 20507, 18 March 1941, Page 7
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