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Oct. Dec. 20 8 Kirkdale, 10 years, Al Lloyds Waverley, s.s., 5 years Barque.. Schooner 760 77 17 1 Sugar .. General Deck swept by heavy sea; partial loss Stranded; partial loss 1 On voyage from Java to W.S.W. Auckland, lat. 38° 38' S., long. 149° E. On beach, 80 yards W. south of groin, Patea Eiver Near Long Point, 10 S.W. miles south of Catlin's Eiver W.S.W. W. Gale .. I Light .. Heavy sea struck vessel Casualty caused through insufficient water, as channel had shifted Charles Davis. William John Gibbons. 12 8 Bessie Cutter .. 20 General Stranded; total loss 3 S.W. Fresh .. Heavy sea set in with change of wind, and vessel became unmanageable. Cables were slipped, but shackle jammed in hawse-pipe and canted her head on to rocks Grazed on rock Charles Edward Hayward. Alfred Cooper. 19 Kingdom of Sweden, 13 yrs., Al Lloyds Barque.. 7S8 10 General Stranded ; no damage Eight miles off Point E.S.E. Olinda, Brazil. Point bearing S.W. -J S., magnetic Bay of Biscay, on voyage N.E. from London to Wellington E.S.E. Moderate I breeze 28 Ploione, 12 yrs. Ship .. 1092 20 General Loss of life ! only 1 N.E. Gale .. A seaman named Thomas Haines, while assisting the ship's carpenter in closing one of the ports on the starboard side, was washed overboard by a heavy sea, and not seen again Touched on end of reef "Napier," s.s., was towing out the "Clyde" and " Amateur." " Clyde," mistaking signal made to steamer, set her head sails, which carried all three vessels towards South Spit, and caused the wreck of the sternmost vessel A hurricane caused vessel's chains to part, and drove her ashore Pilot Lewin, -who was in charge, ventured too near the rocks, and a squall caused the vessel to strand on the rocks Andrew Culbert. Wm. H. McArthur. Charles Neilson. Thomas Harries. George Gardner Colville. 1888. Jan. 19 Wild Wave, 13 3 7ears Amateur, 19 yrs. Barque.. Timber.. i Stranded ; no damage Stranded; total loss About \h miles to east- S. ward of Patiti Point South Spit, Bar of Ma- N.W. nawatu Eiver S. Moderate gale Moderate gale 237 9 19 Ketch .. 26 3 Timber.. ! N.W. Atlantic, 14 yrs. Schooner Cotton and trade General ■ Stranded; total loss Stranded; total loss Earotonga Harbour .. N. Hurricane 24 60 5 N. 26 May Queen, 19 years, *A A British Lloyds Barque.. 733 19 South side of Lyttelton S.W. Harbour, near Bed Bock, below Camp Bay, not quite halfway up from entrance Bar of Wairau Eiver .. S.E. S.W. Fresh breeze Neptune, s.s., 5 years Gaii-loch, s.s., 3J Ketch .. General Stranded ; partial loss Strcnded ; partial loss Strong .. Insufficient water Thomas Eckford 28 44 7 3 S.E. Feb. 1 Schooner 211 16 1G General North wall, entrance to S.W. Waitara Eiver S.W. Strong .. When taking the bar tho vessel grounded on the North Beach, and after coming off she got on the North Training-wall Collision caused through the " Mana" not being seen soon enough from the " Clansman" Findlay McArthur. William Farquhar. James Stephens. years 10 Clansman, s.s., 4 years, Al Mana, 2 years.. Barquentine Cutter .. 336 22 10 General Collision; no damage Collision; slight damage Stranded; partial loss "I About 10 or 12 miles S.S.W. from Mercury Island S.S.W. " 1 10 32 3 Timber 28 Bellinger, s.s., 3 years Schooner 134 14 15 Bailwaysleepers & general Tokotaratara Beef, about N.W. ljmiles west of mouth of Waitara Biver N.W. Casualty caused by wrongful act and default of master in not relieving the watch without reasonable excuse until about three-quarters of an hour after he was called, by which time the vessel had struck, although informed id he w 7as recommended for a certificate as first he knew the vessel was so near shore. The thrust-shaft fractured, apparently through a flaw in the forging James Benson. Henry Johnson. Light .. by the mate thai officer during its Pukaki, s.s., 1 i year the vessel suspension Schooner would . Tin I 850 I be a mal 35 I ,t the 1 te, Chi 16 Waitara Bar rles Bonner General N.Z. produce Coal .. in about half an •, was censured fc Fracture of thrust-shaft hour. H ir leaving 1 is certificate was suspended for six ihe deck before he was properly reli Lat 36° 45' S., long. 167° W. 24' E. About 396 from Stephens Island months, ai .oved, when Moderate strong breeze March 6 11 Defiance, 8 yrs. Brig'ntine 199 I i 7 Collision; slight damage Collision; slight damage -f Fresh -j The " Southern Cross " was at anchor without any riding-light, when the " Defiance " collided with her when coming up the harbour William Neagle. James Bongard. 11 Southern Cross, s.s., 14 years Barque.. 124 Auckland Harbour .. W.