THE YONGALA ENQUIRY.
(Received 13. 9.10 a.m.) Brisbane, dune 13. At the Yongala enquiry, Captain Dim, formerly master of the Yongala, described her as a vein good soahoat indeed. Wnilo with licr he encountered several heavy gales, lie did not believe she went on a reef. The company’s superintendent engineer stated that the vessel had been t horoughiv tested lor stability, and lie did not think Iter loss was due to a breakdown of machinery, which was the strongest ho had seen on the Australian coast. She registered as the highest class at Lloyds. Other 'former oHirers of the Yongala described her as the finest seaboat they had over been in. Most of the witnesses adduced different theories to account for the lass jof the vessel. They were not even aide to agree as to the direction of j the rt: ’. .a. j hi any different recommendations were made fox additional lighting on 1 that part of the coast.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXIX, Issue 96, 13 June 1911, Page 5
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