THE TRIUMPH DISASTER.

Manawatu Standard, Volume IV, Issue 14, 14 December 1883, Page 2

THE TRIUMPH DISASTER.

ii ■ Th^fiicjal l^o.ujigr. (BY TELEGBAPH.) „ , ; " (UNITfel) PRESS ASSOCIATION.) '" ' AttcklAnd, *Dec. 12. Th,e inquiry* into t,he wreck, is, set; : down for hearing to morrow before Mr SetK Smith, R.M., u: and two assessors, of whom Captain, Eraser is to oe one, but who ' the other will he hs,s not yet been decided. Captain H; £*.. Andetsdn has ibeen requested' to sit, but it has not been,s&ttled as to whether he will do so or not. The officers ana several ipt tlfe;-^Jrewj_ havief bern subpoenaed to give evidence at the inquiry, ■and will come up to town m the morning. ...... Mr. Hudson. Williamson, ... tjie.. Crown solioiiaiy is tft appear for the, .CoJliejctQxi of r -Customs, <apd\be paid; a vis^t to the scene of the wreck jhijio^ ,s.s. .Penguin- yfistevd^y;. ft ■■ is just possible the inquiry may hay*, toj be adjourned, as the authorities will hajdly bjs prepared to pfiooeed. m the /^latter, for another week. _ A questipn has arisen as. tp whether Captain Brotherton may not pbject to have his case inquired; injio .'hA.e>\ andi .lre^uesfc ; to.hay J e,thjß-mattei;.jn^Pstigat(?d by the ; Board ifif trade,, m London^, life ship being registered : at -that : port,. and his , certificate as the . master haying been issued by the London Board, of Trade,