ALLECED OVERCROWDING A STEAMER.
MARINE DEPARTMENT INQVJRY
(Press Association.)
CHRISTCHURCH, April 13. The Marine Department is making inquiries into the report published regarding the startling incident connected with the small steamer Cygnet on Easter Monday at Akarea, when it is said she was acting as a tender between the shore and the Union Company’s steamer Mararoa. 1 lie report alleges that there, were fully 600 passengers on the Cygnet when she commenced to roll in an alarming manner. The Department States that the Cygnet has a permit lor only 366 passengers, and it the vessel were carrying as many people as alleged there, has been a serious breach oL the regulations. There is always a Customs officer on the wharf to check the number of people boarding a vessel, and the Department is awaiting the official report oil the matter.
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Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2475, 14 April 1909, Page 5
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140ALLECED OVERCROWDING A STEAMER. Gisborne Times, Volume XXVII, Issue 2475, 14 April 1909, Page 5
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