Witness only teand out where theleskage was when he opened up the sea-cocks after the cargo was discharged. Whi out at sea there was nothing to suggest that the pipe was broken. The protest was noted before it was discovered that the cargo was damaged. He noted it because he had found water la the bilger. It was osaal after notiog s protest. to call for "bat at once before!
"breaking balk." A survey was called fas soon as it was found that cargo was damaged. The fracture of the pipe was the only damage to the ship. The souoding pipe was amidships. Witness would not have expected the pipe to break, if there bad been no carg" in the bold. It would bare been impossible to repair the pipe out at sea, Nearly the whole length of the wooden casing of the pipe was split. The now casing was considerably larger than the old.
By his Lordship—The cargo upon this occasion was stowed io the same way as it was usually stowed in that hold.
J.D. Strong, recalled, stated that be Koew the Anns, and had done quite 1 lot of work apon her, She was about one of the best Norwegian coasters out here, His firm repaired her sonndiog pipe in Jsouary, 1910. It was osrried away where the Haoge was connected at the top of the tank, The fracture appeared to be a clean break. There was no igo of corrosion, It was an exceptionally heavy pipe for sounding pipe, and was made of galvanize-d iron of good quality. It was about the thickness of stanchions that would be used in a shallow draught steamer. Witoess considered that the pipe must have been fractured by 80 external pressure. It could only ba been frectared by the pressure of the cargo in heavy weather.
Cross-examined—There coald only be a pressaro of cargo against the casing of the pipe if the rolling. It woald require very heavy pitching to put pressure v2 the piping from the cargo. He thought that to make a clean break like this the pressure would have to be pat upon it four or five feet below the fracture, J. M. Robb stated that he was a member of the firm of Parker and Robb, Marine Surveyors. Witness had been a Marine Engineer for thisty-
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