GREYCLIFFE DISASTER.
INQUEST ON ViCTIMS. SHIPPING COMPANY CRITICISED. A. and N.Z. SYDNEY. Jan. 28. At the resumption of the inquest on the victims of the Greycliffe disaster the coroner adversely criticised the officials of tiie Union Steam Ship Company for allowing the Tahiti to proceed to sea so soon after the collision. Mr. Hughes, manager, said the company was subject to a penalty if the Tahiti was iate in leaving New Zealand with the American mails. The Tahiti was not damaged and nothing further in the way of rescue work could be done. She had 200 passengers on board and there was nothing to prevent her from proceeding on her vojagc. The coroner said there were many people on board the Tahiti who might have given material evidence. While the police were busily occupied saving lives and recovering bodies, the Tahiti left the harbour without giving the police a reasonable chance of interviewing those who might havo proved material witnesses in the interests of justice.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19857, 30 January 1928, Page 9
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