WRECK OF THE MIZPAH
INQUEST ON HURRELL NO LIFE-SAVING APPARATUS. (Peb United Press Association.) 1. WAIPUKURAU, April 29. In the course of evidence at the inquest at Porangahau yesterday on the death of John Weymouth Hurrell, one of the survivors of the wreck of the yacht Mizpah, Clifford Crago Harris said: f “There was no lifesaving apparatus aboard, no lifebelts or buoys. The dinghy was lashed to the counter until the gale was at its worst, and then it had to be cut adrift.” He said that the trip was a pleasure one, no wages being involved so far as he and Hurrell and Naylor were concerned. His evidence indicated that he did not know the arrangements under which Kelleway was doing the trip. The young men, Naylor and Hurrell, were not experienced yachtsmen, but if he had known that at Auckland he would have gono on the trip just the same. The engine was not powerful, the yacht being capable of two knots. The vessel had proved seaworthy, ,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21941, 1 May 1933, Page 8
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