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RETURN of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department from the 1st April, 1890, to the 31st March, 1891.

Number of Nature of Number of Lives lost. 'ind. Date of Casualty. Name of Vessel, also Age and Class. Passeng gers. Place where Casualty occurred. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &e. Na*me of Master. as Cargo. Casualty. Direction. Force. 1889. March 16 1890. Jan. 13 (since) Lily .. Marlborough, 14 Schooner Ship 45 .. 45 1124 30 54 ! 6 1124 30 Nil 1 Frozen mutton, ■ wool, : skins, ' and coal 2 General 1 Stranded; total Supposed foundered ; total loss 1 Supposed 31 (all hands) 1 Supposed 31 (all hands) Apia, Samoa.. 1 On voyage from Lyttelton to London Hurricane Vessel went ashore in hurricane Vessel left Lyttelton for London on the 11th January, was spoken two days afterwards, and has not since been heard of — Douglas. W. Hird. years Feb. 23 (since) Fleetwjng, 11 years Schooner 54 Loss of life only 1 1 Supposed 34* About 20 miles off Cape Karakara, N.Z., on voyage from Auckland to New Caledonia 1 Unknown E.S.E. Fresh .. An A.B. named Richard Millis, going to relieve the wheel at 10.10 p.m., passed to leeward, and, slipping as the vessel gave a heavy lurch, fell overboard and was drowned Vessel left Oamaru for London on the 20th March, 1890, in every way fit for the voyage. She was in proper trim, well manned, and her cargo was safe and well stowed Spare propeller broke adrift during excessive heavy rolling, caused by heavy southern sea and N.E. gale, and, before it could be secured, it broke the stanchions, pumps, and sounding-pipes, damaged 29 frames and 4 outside plates, and broke some of the 'tween-deck plates An apprentice named Harry Wingate, while engaged aloft with other hands, fell from the mizzen-top sail-yard into the sea and was lost Machinery deranged owing to breaking of crank-shaft. Vessel put into Tonga for temporary repairs, after which she came on to Auckland under easy steam Wind having fallen light, sufficient consideration was not paid to strong tide, setting vessel towards shoal A heavy sea came on board, carrying the master and mate overboard, and both were lost James Story Brownell. March 20 Dunedin,16yrs. Ship .. 120 34 i 1756 43 | 120 i Wool.frozenmeat, wheat, &c. ; Ballast.. Supposed foundered Supposed! 34* — Roberts. April 9 Maori, s.s., new vessel, first voyage, Al (Lloyds Schooner Damage to hull; partial loss Lat. 34° S., long. 29° 3Q' S., Southern Indian Ocean N.E. Whole gale W. Scotland. j I Lady Jocelyn, 38 years Loss of life only 1 Lat. 46° 24' S., long. 110° E., on voyage from London to Lyttelton Between Raratonga and Tonga William Watt. 21 Ship 2318 I 39 General Moderate gale May 4 Richmond, s.s., 5 years Schooner 475 26 7 Island produce Crank-shaft broke; machinery deranged Stranded; partial loss Robert Guthrie Hutton. 8 Wild Wave, 36 years Brig .. I 173 | 8 Timber.. o North Spit Shoal, entrance to Kaipara Harbour Off Portland Island on voyage from Lyttelton to Auckland Calm .. Alfred Bull. 11 Maud Graham, 14 years Schooner 80 6 Grain .. Loss of life only S.S.W. Gale .. Richard Fitzgerald. 11 Southern Cross, s.s., 17 years Kawatiri, s.s., 7 years Rose Blanche, new vessel Schooner 158 17 285 18 13 3 8 General Collision; partial loss Collision; slight damage Supposed capsized; stranded ; total loss ■■I Castlepoint, east coast, North Island S.S.W. Hard gale Stock of anchor of " Southern Cross " broke, and she then drifted on to the " Koranui " 'Felix Black. " Berthold Apstein. William Aubrey, 11 Schooner Ballast.. 20 Cutter .. Firewood, 18 tons E. Gale .. Vessel supposed to have been capsized 5 miles E.S.E. from place stranded while on voyage from Whangarei to Auckland. Casualty caused through incompetence of crew, bad equipment of vessel, and discharging of ballast previous to loading with firewood 3 (all hands) Found on beach, 3 miles S. of Mangawai