WYRALLAH-DILKERA COLLISION
MARINE COURT’S FINDING. MELBOURNE, May 8. As a result of the inquiry into the Wyrallah-Dilkera collision on April 8, the Marine Court considered that the master of the Dilkera should have taken additional steps towards attempting to save the lives of those left on the Wyrallah by throwing over lifebuoys with lights... and dis playing the signals mentioned in the navigation collision regulations. The Court found that the primary cause of the collision was the action of the master of the Wyrallah in leaving his safe and proper couAe and steering across the course of the Dilkera. and that the* master of the Wyrallah committed a breach of the regulations.
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19009, 9 May 1924, Page 5
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112WYRALLAH-DILKERA COLLISION Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXI, Issue 19009, 9 May 1924, Page 5
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