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

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Name of Vessel, also Age and Glass. K Si 4^ Cj Number of ,ture of Number of Laves lost. Wind. Date of Casualty. | Passeng gers. Place where Casualty occurred. Decision of Court of Inquiry, Sec. Name of Master. .77; h £77 3 P3&H Cargo. Casualty. Direction. Force. 1893. )ct. 26 Alice Jane, 19 years Ketch .. 27 Sawn timber Stranded; total loss Sand-spit inside Taiaroa Head N.E. Very strong Vessel ran into harbour for shelter, but not being able to see beacon-lights ran too far before hauling up and drove ashore. Wind died away and tide carried vessel on to rooks. The second steward, Alfred Smith, is supposed to have fallen overboard and to have been drowned. He was last seen at 12.30 a.m., when he went off duty, and was missed at 6 a.m., when the ship was searched, but he could not be found. Captain Leys, a passenger, was missed from the ship. He is supposed to have been lost overboard when near the Wanganui Bar. Insufficient water on bar, and also through s.s. " Mohaka, employed in towing vessel, not having sufficient power. Charles Johnson, 27 Janet Bamsay, 22 years Wainui, s.s., 7 years Schooner 41 Timber.. Stranded; total loss Loss of life onlyWaikawa Eiver N.E. Light .. Edmund Pleasant. George Lambert, N Tov. 30 Schooner 391 General 1 Between Wellington and French Pass Stormbird, s.s., 39 years Loss of life only On voyage from Wellington to Wanganui Alexander Chambers. Schooner 137 General 1 No ne Dec. 9 15 Lily, 19 years .. Auckland, 19 years Schooner 84 N.Z; prod u c e, flour, w.heat,& oats General Stranded; partial loss 1 West side of North Spit, Waitara Eiver S.W. Fresh breeze Andrew Bloom. Charles James. Ship 1244 28 Loss of life only Lat. 43° 06' S., long. 81 c 27" E. On voyage from Glasgow to Dunedin About 4 miles east of Taupeka Point, Chatham Islands Stiff breeze An A.B. named John Kemp, engaged aloft loosing the starboard side of the mainsail, fell overboard and was lost. 23 Jessie Eeadman, 24 years Ship Wool .. Stranded; total loss Master committed error of judgment in continuing when he was unable to verify his position by observation, a course which, as originally laid down without any allowance for the ocean-set, only left a margin of 25 miles. He was on deck during night preceding casualty, and was the first to see danger. He did all he could on discovering the dangerous position of ship, and landed his crew in safety. The evidence shows that a current of considerable and varying strength sets towards the islands. The master was ordered to pay the costs of the inquiry Caused by wind shitting from S.S.W. to N.N. W. just as she was crossing the bar Vessel driven ashore by gale during very thick weather Thomas Burton. 962 • 1894. Jan. 26 Feb. 3 Owake Belle, 17 years Gazelle, 17 years Ketch .. Barque.. 45 336 4 10 Timber.. Guano .. Stranded; total loss Stranded; total loss 8 North Spit, entrance to Waimakariri Eiver Outside head west of Waikawa Bay, Current Basin, French Pass Hauraki Gulf, 5 miles inside Tiri-Tiri, on voyage from Great Barrier to Auckland S.S.W. N.W. Breeze .. Fresh gale Theodore Mallasoh. Charles Eogers. 7 Argyle, s.s., 18 years Schooner 129 10 15 G e n e ral, gum, & produce Loss of life only 1 A steerage passenger named John Murray was missed from vessel, and is supposed to have fallen overboard unobserved and been drowned Frank Amodeo.