THE ELINGAMITE INQUIRY

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 10818, 8 December 1902, Page 6

THE ELINGAMITE INQUIRY

(Per United 1 Presa Association.) - AUCKLAND, December b. At the l EJinganiite enquiry Ihis'mbrnijjg Arthur--. Young, a. seaman? under, cross-ox-amination, stated that .between four and six, a.m. on Sunday, while on, r the. lookout at the bow, the fog was "sb tliiek thnt< t he could rtbt ccc, A sliijKs length .ahead. ITie foghorn was blowing, tout He ,«sd received no special instructions, ajid, had np knowledge of: -the -speed' at which Uic «^»i^crwas moving. . Between six imd eight* while ho Btill on thclookouj:, -tlje fog,thickened. If! would have boon impossible , to .see^a rock- ahead before^tho vessel • struck it. , - « , -- ■ - ,-• , -i \ 1 Frank JPaterson, an Alß^ wfrq was -,on the lookout wtfeh the casualty 'liap'pelivd, stated .that when he went on' ,wrtteh «it ton .the officcr'ft orders for a sharp look out were passed on to him. Hp could at that time sec about thirty fe"ot round him. He had no intimation of Hearing land, and no knowledge of the position of the vessel . The first thing he saw*, was land on the port bow. He .immediately sound-ed-the gdjig, and shouted to the bridge, "Breakers ahead," - though he saw none. He could at one time roc the captain i.n the bridge,, 4o or 50 feet away. When I.n left the forecastle abo'ilt one ami a half minutes after reporting, the Elingamitc was still going ahead. As he was going up. the ladder of the saloon deoir he felt a. gentle" glance., on the port bow. Did not know exactly when the steamer cam.? to a standstill. '