Advertiser (Adelaide, SA : 1889 - 1931), Friday 16 June 1911, page 7
STEAMERS CtíLLJI)_L\
AXFJOvDROF^ror^rENT. At a.
Fremantle. June 14'
The Court-of MarinerEnquiry has invests.: gated the circumstances attending the scout;t--ionvof the steamer ? Pilbarra -with the Koombana on April 16. The former vessel, when 'bemg.bcTthed'at.theîvric*/ona:''q.uy, swung round and struck the starboard
quarter of the Koombana, inflicting--; draw- ' age. The master of the Pilbarra states; that confusion had been caused him by the hoisting of berthing flogs,.;Ht»; wás/'gmhg astern in order to prevent, striking "the' wharf., when the; vessel bumped Tvintij».«*;_»' Koombana..-.. The court found that the navy
termed the Pilbarra had cörnOTfcfced âa-Îèr-Wirr. of judgment, but that, he ,h»4*-i beeni?de»¿ ceived, by the manner '3nV?which three berths' ! ring flags. had beehhbistç.dfat;''^^
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