; .' ~-~~" "***" i •>■.. ( *" •• ■ ""■ quiokly as we could. Set tbe after staysail, and whilst setting ihe spanker the vessel It4ruclf heavily. Just before striking we Baw a --fe|n*ei light, whioh showed us a vessel on shore abouii 50 yards to leeward. Just before striking tae "weather cleared up sufficiently to enable • ns! fcqsee that I was to tbe eastward of Sin cfairJHead; but, although I haulod up close s to.the wind, we were unable to weather the land. After striking, the vessel canted with her deck to seaward, the masts under water. [Witness described the subsequent escape of fche crew.*] When I came on deck, aboufc 11 p.m., I felt sure that tbe loom of the land was the coast close to Terawiti, uutil the weather cleared sufficiently to show me Sin clair Head. When we wore putting out in the boat, I recognised Pencarrow light. • I never mistook it for the Mana light. On several occasions I looked out for Cupe Camp hell light, but the weather was bo thick to the southward, thafc I was unable to see it. Alexander Shaw, chief officer, gave evi dence relating chiefly to incidents after the striking of the vessel, and confirming the captain's evidence. Daniel Alexander Hamill said his watch on deck extended from 8 p.m. to midnight. The ship was steering N. all the time. The weather very thick, and the wind aontherly. Saw no light until shortly beforo sho struck, when he saw Pencarrow light dimly. Carl Hilberg, the carpenter, in hie evidence said he was on deck soon after 10 p.m., but could see no light. The second mate was on deok, and the captain came out of tbe cabin soon after. Christian Rusmussan, wbo wbb on the look out from 10 p.m. to midnight, had been On duty an hour and a half or tbree quarters, when he saw the loom of the land right ahead, and called out directly, " Land ahead, and breakers." He did not remember seeing anything of a light previous to seeing the .loom of the land. »V This completed the evidence taken. \y^~

RESIDENT MAGISTRATE'S COURT.
