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RETURN of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department, &c. — continued.

Date of Name of Vessel, r"n.«nBi+u also Casualty. Age and CJaB3 Big. © o Number of Nature of Number Place where Casualty occurred. Wind. Decision of Court of Inquiry. | PassenCargo. Casualty. Lives Lost. Direction. Force. Name of Master. 1883. Dec. 5 Olive (barge), 2 years Restless Schooner 43 Timber, round logs Ballast.. Capsized; partial loss Off Mangawai, N.E. coast of New Zealand W.N.W. Moderate Vessel capsized through one of the logs breaking loose and causing the vessel to strain and leak Vessel struck tail of reef when it was considered she was clear of danger Vessel at anchor with no one on board, when strong breeze and sea caused her to break the line and trip her anchor Hurricane drove vessel ashore William Simons. 6 Brig .. i89 10 1 Stranded; partial loss Stranded ; total loss N.E. point, Centre Island, Auckland Diamond Bay, Lyttelton Harbour W.S.W. Strong ,. Richard Magrath. James Cowan. . 10 Kestrel, 11 years Ketch .. 20 2 Nil N.E. , 17 Agnes Bell, 1 year Atlantic, 10 years Makea Ariki, 1 year Falcon, 19 years Schooner 149 8 Island produce General cargo Ditto .. 3 Earotonga Hurricane William Munn. . 17 60 G - Oscar Schulze. , 17 72 G 3 Thomas Ayres. , 17 Ketch .. 37 3 Coal Stranded; no damage Foundered; total loss South bank of Waitara River Near Long Island, Foveaux Strait S.W. Gentle .. Casualty caused by semaphore arm at signalstation becoming unworkable Vessel commenced to leak while out fishing, and before she could be run ashore she foundered While in tide-rip the wind fell and the vessel ran on to rocks Not sufficient evidence as to immediate cause of accident. Further precautions should have been taken to guard against leeway arising from low rate of speed at which vessel was steaming. Master was so far suffering from effects of liquor taken before leaving port as to be unfit for duties of his command. His certificate suspended for three months, and he was ordered to pay costs of inquiry Mate, George Balding, guilty of error in judgment in miscalculating his distance from Kapiti Island. When coming through such narrow waters master should satisfy himself vessel on right course. Mate ordered to pay costs of inquiry One of the crew, Leon Oliver, fell overboard from the forerigging Vessel bumped owing to there being so little water on the bar. Bar varies Strong ebb-tide running out caught vessel on starboard bow and caused her to go on rocks Peter Greig Leslie. Robert Soollay. . 19 Lillie Denham, s.s., 5 years 21 4 Ballast.. N.W. Light .. . 25 Margaret Scollay, 12 years Charles Edward, s.s., 19 years Cutter .. 16 2 Timber.. Stranded; total loss Stranded; partial loss Eeef on W. side of Ohau Bay, Cook Strait On reef at Motu Ngaru Island, off Alligator Point • H • • John Young Hogarth. William Ralph Scott. , 28 Schooner 154 14 10 General N.N.E. 0 30 ,' Passage, rocks between Kapiti and Evans Islands, Cook Strait Tui, b.b., 8 years 55 15 Wool Ditto S.S.E. Fresh breeze Charles Quenti: Pope. 1884. Jan. 7 Mataura, 15 years Tongariro, p.s., 12 years Kakanui, B.8., 4 years Lat. 48° 53' S., long. 122° 46' E. Bar of Waimakariri River Triangle Rocks, Bluff Harbour 8 i 11 Ship .. Schooner m 853 39 57 4 8 2 General Timber.. General Loss of life only Stranded; no damage Stranded ; slight damage Ditto .. 1 W.S.W. N.E. S.W. Gale .. Light .. Fresh breeze Alexander Cruickshank. Louis Aime Marquet. Charles Frederick Sundstrom. Andrew McGregor. , 15 Day's Bay, 2 years Cutter .. 19 Gunpowder Oriental Bay, Wellington Harbour N.W. Gale .. Vessel driven ashore by gale while there was no one on board