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Sept. Jessie Readman Ship .. General Loss of life only 3 Lat. 42° S., long. 6° 42' E. S.S.E. Gals .. Three A.B.b, John Lawson, Robert Kelly, and Richard W. Farmar, while engaged in furling foretopsail and jib, fell overboard Casualty caused by wind suddenly dropping as vessel was crossing bar Casualty caused through vessel attempting to enter river at half ebb-tide Vessel went ashore in attempting to beat out of Tairua Harbour, the jib having carried away, and subsequently the anchor chain Not known how fire originated .. Matthew Gibson. 14 Isabella, 17 years Ketch .. 51 4 Timber.. Stranded; total loss Ditto .. Bar of Catlin's Biver .. Bobert Fullerton. William Burnett Jones. Cotton Murray. tf 20 William and Jane, 4 years Half - Caste, 3 years Schooner G9 5 Oats and oatmeal Firewood North Spit, Waikato Heads Boat Harbour, near Tairua, East Coast, New Zealand Cullen's Point, Havelock, Pelorus Sound S.W. Fresh .. p 22 Cutter .. 10 2 E. Gala .. Oct. 2 Hero, 19 years d> • • 90 Timber.. Mainsail and galley burnt, gaS charred, and deck burnt nearly through Stranded; no damage James Parker. \ # 4 A St. Kilda, s.s., 22 years About three cables length S. of North Head, Wanganui River On voyage from Boston, U.S., to Campbell Island Lat. 46° 40' S., long. 61° 30' E. Insufficient water in channel. When pilot signalled vessel to enter, he mistook her for another vessel drawing 2 feet less water Christen Eriksen Greager. Schooner 174 15 Coal .. * 4 Sarah W. Hunt ■ 109 15 Nil Loss of life only 1 Gale .. One of the crew washed overboard Sanford S. Miner. 0 6 Westland Ship .. General Ditto 2 Gale, with very high sea While two A.B.s, Arthur Simpson and Charles Trayner, were making fast mainroyal, a sudden squall struck ship, and the two men were thrown into the sea and were not afterwards seen An apprentice, Alexander Harcourt Weir, while loosing main upper-topsail, fell into the sea Wind fell and swell set vessel on to the reef .. Thomas Moffatt, 8 Westland .' 1 Lat. 44° 18' S., long. 61° E. Ditto .. 8 Pirate, 5 years Schooner 78 » Stranded; total loss Loss of life only Island of Manike, lat. 10° 20' S. About half a mile E. of The Brothers, Cook Strait Supposed off coast between Kaikoura and Cape Campbell • • George Henry Trayte. Peter Lang. 13 Wanganui, 9 years 78 1 S.E. Gale .. An A.B., Peter Oster, while engaged taking in the foresail, fell overboard N Wave of Life, 22 years 73 Ballast.. Supposed foundered; total loss Supposed 5; all hands S.W. • • • Vessel left Lyttelton for Pelorus Sound on 22nd October, and has not since been heard of. Supposed to have foundered during heavy gale blowing about 23rd to 26th October Vessel supposed to have foundered in a heavy squall. Has not been heard of since leaving Lyttelton on 12th October Casualty caused by a failure of wind at a critical time and position George Herbert. Wild Wave, 21 years H * • Ditto .. Supposed 3; all hands On voyage from Lyttelton to Pelorus Sound Charles Smith. 39 Nov. 3 Cabarfeidh, 9 years, Lloyd's Al 9 years Barque.. 333 * • • Stranded; slight damage Sunken rock on eastern side of outer rock, Barrett's Beef, Port Nicholson Breastwork, near Lion Foundry, Wellington Harbour E. Light variable Frederick Ohlson. 4 Thames, 24 years Ketch .. General Stranded; partial loss •• S.E. Gale .. Vessel was jammed against the breastwork by strong wind and sea, and a projecting nut on a pile tore holes in her side John Games. 23