Delayed Aid for the Bentan (1887)

The Straits Times Weekly Issues from the first of June, 1887, reported the proceedings of the Marine Court of Inquiry against Captain Harrison of the Fair Penang. The witness was Mate Farquharson of the Bentan: “Cross-examination continued, -- I cannot say that if we continued on our respective courses we should have passed without collision. We were meeting end on -- I cannot say if the other ship was a little to our side or another. No one when he sees the three lights of a steamer is allowed to do otherwise than take it that she is coming on right ahead.”Ship Name: Bentan Year Built: 1872Tonnage: 340Ship Type: Single Screw Steamship Nationality: Singapore Year Wrecked: 1887Location Wrecked: Near Batu PahatReason for Wreck: Ship Collision Lives Lost: Estimated to be Around 100Sources: https://books.google.com/books?id=7N9XEAAAQBAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=Bentan+singapore+ship+1887&source=gbs_navlinks_shttps://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/stweekly18870601-1.2.40?qt=bentan,%20fair,%20penang&q=bentan%20fair%20penanghttps://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/pinangazette18870513-1.2.12?qt=bentan,%20fair,%20penang&q=bentan%20fair%20penanghttps://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/pinangazette18870405-1.2.14?qt=bentan,%20fair,%20penang&q=bentan%20fair%20penanghttps://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/stweekly18870713-1.2.28?qt=bentan,%20fair,%20penang&q=bentan%20fair%20penanghttps://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes18871029-1.2.24?qt=bentan,%20fair,%20penang&q=bentan%20fair%20penanghttps://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/stweekly18870720-1.2.12?qt=bentan,%20fair,%20penang&q=bentan%20fair%20penanghttps://books.google.com/books?id=ckQAAAAAMAAJ&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=bentan+fair+penang+1887&source=gbs_navlinks_shttps://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/pinangazette18870510-1.2.12https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/pinangazette18870405-1.2.13https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/39530729/2932006