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RETURN of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department from the 1st April, 1893, to the 31st March, 1894.

Number of Ni .ture of Number of Lives lost. rmd. Date of Casualty. Name of Vessel, also Age and Class. eg | Passen™H g gers. Place where Casualty occurred. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. Name of Master. Cargo. Casualty. Direction. ' Force. 1893. April 7 Waipara, s.s.,30 years Annie Wilson, 13 years Schooner62 8 8 General Stranded; no loss Stranded; total loss North Spit, Hokitika River 100 yards. S. of Oeo River, Taranaki, on voyage from Lyttelton to Kaipara Awarua, Raratonga, Cook Islands J mile S. of Bar Channel, Wanganui River s.w. Vessel took the bar, and then failed to answer her helm Master committed error of judgment in altering the course and hauling her to the north, and approaching the land without taking soundings Stranded during hurricane season 22 Schooner 150 7 Flour and potatoes S.E. Fresh breeze Edward Staffon Williams. Joseph Murray. on Agnes Martin, 11 years Freetrader, 42 Ketch .. Nil Stranded; partial loss Stranded; partial loss Hurricane James Donald. 41 4 May 8 Barque.. 18S 8 1 Timber.. W. to W.S.W. Fresh .. Master was guilty of great neglect in not seeing that the beacons were kept in line as he approached the bar ; the mate was guilty of neglect in not making himself acquainted with the sailing, directions. The master's certificate was suspended for six months, and he was ordered to pay the cost of the inquiry. The certificate of the mate, Henry Charles Bowden, was suspended for two months Sudden change of wind took vessel aback and made her take the ground. Henry Bowden. years 23 Stanley, 11 years Brigantine 343 Coal .. Stranded; slight damage Collision; partial loss Collision; slight damage Stranded; partial loss Near Stokes Point, Auckland Harbour W.N.W. Gentle breeze K. M. Lindfors. June 1 1 Natal Queen, 28 years Duco, s.s., lyear Barque.. 230 26 4 Timber & bark Nil (tugboat) General [off Wellington Heads About 240 yards. E. of breakwater, entrance to Patea Ri%'er Between Hokitika and Cape Foulwind Between Mid-channel Rock and third red buoy, Bluff Harbour Northerly Strong .. Sea and wind drove "Duco" against side of " Natal Queen" (Henry Brown. (James Jones. Cutter .. 8 Waitapu, s.s., 6 years Schooner 40 8 W. Vessel struck when entering the riverJohn Westrup. Since Juno 8 Lizzie, 10 years Cutter .. 26 Timber.. Capsized; total loss Stranded; slight damage 3; all hands Gale .. Vessel found bottom up off Cape Foulwind after leaving Hokitika with a cargo of timber Vessel deviated from centre of channel to avoid collision with a cutter coming out, and touched on top of a rook supposed to be Mid-channel Rock. Accident was, under the circumstances, unavoidable. Beacons should be erected to mark northern limit of Mid-channel Rocks, and regulations made to prevent vessels being in narrow channel when a steamer is leaving or entering harbour Vessel dragged ashore, owing to being deficient in proper anchor and chain Casualty caused by wind failing at critical moment John Livingston. 3 16 Manapouri, s.s., 11 years Schooner 1020 60 71 General Ca 1m Edward Wheeler June 18 Wawarangi, Golden Bay Mersey, 16 years Cutter .. 17 2 Ballast.. Stranded; partial loss Stranded; total loss N.E. Edward Portnej'. 23 Mary Ogilvie, 20 years Schooner 68 7 2 tons, & 25 tons ballast J mile from landingplace, Cascade Bay, Norfolk Island N.N.E ( . Strong breeze W. G. Garth.