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RETURN of Weeks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department, from the 1st April, 1882, to the 31st March, 1883.

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Name of Vessel, also Age and Class. © to Number of Nature of Number Ind. Date of Casualty. Big. Place where Casualty occurred. 'So fl | Passeng I gers. Cargo. Casualty. Lives Lost. Direction. Force. Decision of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. | 1881. Dec. 30 Edith, 20 years Schooner G3 7 Ballast.. Supposed foundered; total loss Supposed 7; all hands Supposed short distance off Suva, in Fiji Group Sup'osed N.W. Hurricane Vessel left Suva for Eua on the 30th December, 1881, and has not since been heard of. She is supposed to have foundered in a hurricane which sprang up shortly after her departure An A.B., Peter Carlsen, was seized with a fit while aloft, which caused him to lose his hold and fall to the deck Vessel was steaming away from the anchorage when she touched on something, supposed to be a sunken rock Casualty caused through the bar having silted 1882. Feb. 24 Georgo Jackson Hughes. Crusader General Loss of life only 1 On voyage from London to Wellington, lat. 42° 15' N., long. 16°42' W. Gisborne, Poverty Bay Llewellyn Davies. Mar. 20 Te sinau, 2g years 1028 Stranding; no damage Michael Carey. April 5 Jessie, 13 years 58 5 Timber.. Stranded; total loss Stranded; total loss Waimakariri Bar, South Beach West Head of the Patea River N.E. Fresh breeze Fresh breeze John Russell. „ 11 Patea, s.s., 3 years tt 50 12 21* General S.E. up Casualty caused —first, through the master not obeying the signals ; second, through his not sounding in crossing the bar; third, through his not taking proper means to secure the vessel after she grounded, so as to prevent her drifting outside. His certificate was suspended for three months Casualty caused by master attempting to enter the river with a N.W. wind on the last of the ebb Vessel collided with bridge, which knocked a hole in her, and caused her to sink Alexander Edmund Edwards. 17 Owake Belle, 5 years Ketch .. 35 Stranded; vessel strained Collision; partial loss Bar at New River Heads N.W. Fresh breeze Edward Owens. Maid of Otago, 12 years Schooner 50 1 Alongside Riverton Railway Bridge, Port of Eiverton N.W. Cairn Allan Martin. tt 26 Ladybird, s.s., 31 years Wakatu, s.s., 3 years' Duke of Sutherland, 17 years; London Al, 12 years Orient, 4J years, Al Lloyd's Grasmere, 17 years Schooner 287 15 Coal .. Collision; partial loss Collision; partial loss Stranded; total loss ) N.W. Moderate 1 Collision occurred through master of " Ladybird " bringing vessel to wharf at too great a speed. Master censured and ordered to pay costs of inquiry Casualty caused through vessel striking the ground and starting the stern-post, in an unusually heavy sea John Veal. H 26 75 At No. 11 berth at Queen's Wharf, Port of Wellington William John Gibbons. Henry Rowlands. ■ay2 Barque.. 1047 18 Grain .. Timaru Roadstead S.E. Fresh breeze 10 General Loss of life only Stranding; partial loss 1 Lat. 34° 45' S., long. 170° 30' E. Kaipara Bar W. Strong breeze Fresh breeze An apprentice, Arthur Ogg, fell overboard while engaged in oiling royal mast Master, not seeing the leading marks, was led by his chart, which was an old one, to take the main channel, instead of the Galatea Channel Vessel driven ashore by very heavy sea David Anton. 498 13 11 Barque.. 465 11 87 tons coal .. W.N.W. M. H. French. a M 14 14 Benvenue, 15 years, London AaI City of Perth, 14 years, Lloyd's AaI Ship .. 999 1189 2G Coal Grain .. Stranded; total loss 3 On beach in Caroline Bay,about 1 mile north of flagstaff, Timaru On Timaru Beach, about half a mile north of flagstaff Calm .. Vessel driven ashore by very heavy sea William Macgowan. 26 Stranded ; partial loss Calm .. Coll Macdonald.