THE STRANDING OF THE DOUGLAS.
OFFICES I'i^ON^liATjifl. (Per Press Association.) NK\y PLYMOUTH, September 20. A lengthy ipnn»y was ljeff.l to-day into the stranding of the jiouglns qn tlio 30th July ut Mokau. The Magistrate, assisted by Nautkal Assessors, Captains Austen ivntl HoQii, found tjuit the stranding va« i owing to the sen breaking into the stol<e- < hole and reducing the steam pressure, the ■ vessel thus being fliuiblo to contend with i tho sen. I Tho Court found no blame attached to < tho' captain and officers, and tlv.it the ut- •. most . was done to avert disaster. The t certificates were returned. The Court considered that hawsers and blocks should j bo kept ut Mokau for the assistance of c vessels g^U{i^ astyoru,. e
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Wanganui Chronicle, Issue 15000, 21 September 1900, Page 2
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