LOSS OF THE RIPPLE
WIDOW CLAIMS DAMAGES. (Bv Telegraph. Press Association.) WELLINGTON, Wednesday. A claim by Maud Ellen Nicholson, widow of the late chief officer of the steamer Ripple, which was lost in a storm off Cape Palliser on A.ugust 7th, 1924, for £ISOO damages from the ownera of the steamer, Richardson and Co., of Napier, is being heard by Mr Justice Alpers at the Supreme Court. The plaintiff’s case alleges that the ship went to sea in an unseaworthy condition owing to the way the cargo was stowed, and the company did not ascertain the advice of the Government meteorologist as to the prospects of danger in the storm. The case is proceeding.
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Waipa Post, Volume XXIV, Issue 1691, 26 November 1925, Page 5
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