THE DUNDONALD WRECK.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LIV, Issue 13575, 5 December 1907, Page 5

THE DUNDONALD WRECK.

Per Press Association. INVERCARGILL, December 4. Tho Magisterial inquiry into the wreck of tho Dundonald on Disappointment Island was held to-day before Mr McCarthy, S.M., and Captain N. McDonald (Bluff Harbourmaster) and Captain Selba, of the Whakatane." The evidonce given by the second and third mates and by Finlon, who was look-out man on tho night of the wreck, disclosiod no new facts. It was not known I whether tho vessel or cargo were insured. The findings will be given in tho ordinary way. As the result of representations of the Mayor to Mr Waite, curator of Canterbury Museum, the boat made by the Dundonald survivors was allowed to remain here and be exhibited this afternoon for the benefit of the survivors of the wreck. Many people paid to see it, the takings amounting to £22 2s.