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

_ . . Name of Vessel, Date ol also Casualty. Age and 01ass Rig. U CD CDM 49 Cd Number of CD o Cargo. Nature of Casualty. Number Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Direction. ind. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. Name of Master. .A a o o KEH Passengers. Force. 1899. May 25 Aparima, 14 years Schooner 22 Muttonbirds and firewood General Found ered; total loss Colao Bay, Foveaux Strait E.S.E. Gale .. Heavy seas breaking on board must have carried away, filling the vessel and sinking her. Joseph Cross. June 1 Hercules, 4 Schooner 51 5 3 Stranded ; no damage Collision; partial loss Inside Okuru Bar, West Coast, South Island Calm .. Master mistook signals on beacon for signal to take the bar John Skilton. 28 years T a viuni, s.s., 9 years Schooner 910 40 General "'I About two or three miles north of Rangitoto Island, entrance to Auckland Harbour E.N.E. Strong breeze Vessels came into collision on a dirty, dark night. No look-out appears to have been kept on "Rover" j DonaldMcLean 28 Rover, 6 years Schooner 68 4 Ballast.. Collision; partial loss Collision ; no damage Collision; slight damage Stranded; partial loss Damaged by heavy seas 1 Joseph Roder- ( iok. July 10 Te Waipounamu, 4 years Hananui, 16 Ketch .. 27 3 Oysters.. About three miles S.E. of Dog Island, Fouveaux Strait N.W. Light .. If master of " Te Waipounamu " had slackened up his dredge-lines and taken them right aft his vessel would probably have swung round and avoided collision Casualty caused through failure of oil-engines to work at a critical moment Heavy seas stove in side of deck-house forecastle, bringing down ten bunks and injuring four men j Charles Brad--j shaw Chas Goomes. 10 Cutter .. 22 3 Oysters.. ■ i . 20 years Oban, 2 years Schooner 27 4 Ballast.. j N.E. of entrance to Mokau River Lat. 48° 19' S., long. 157° 53' E., on voyage from Liverpool to Wellington North Spit, Hokitika River Pouto, Kaipara S.E. Very light Neils Albert Bertelsen. J. C. Cannell. 27 John o' Gaunt, 30 years Barque.. 1228 22 General S.W. Whole gale Aug. 5 14 Hercules, 4 years Sterling, s.s., 7 years Envy, 15 years Schooner Schooner 51 26 5 7 Coal .. Nil Stranded; no damage Stranded; partial loss Damaged by heavy seas Stranded ; total loss E. E. Light l Moderate gale Storm .. Vessel went on North Spit when entering narrow entrance of river Casualty caused through vessel's moorings parting, and she was driven ashore No blame attachable to master. Vessel left Wellington in seaworthy condition Whilst at anchor a heavy sea set in with a very light wind, and her cable parting, vessel drifted ashore. Wind too light to make sail A stowaway, Joseph Lasley, was washed overboard by a heavy sea breaking on board, and was lost John Phillips Coulson. William Robertson William H. N. Champion. Peter Johnson. 14 Ketch .. 52 7 Explosives Near Great Barrier E. 16 Maud Graham, 23 years Schooner 80 5 General Quarter of a mile north of landing-slip, Port Robinson Lat. 39° 40' S., long. 85°37'E. On voyage from Liverpool to Wellington Reef off Cape Wanbrow, near Oamaru E. Light .. 25 Ilala, 17 years Ship .. 1245 27 2 General Losso life only 1 S.W. Whole gale Allan M. Davies. (stowaw'ys) John Christian. Sept. 15 Pareora, s.s., 3 years Schooner 355 17 Produce Stranded; partial loss Calm .. Master neglected to take bearings before setting course to pass Cape Wanbrow. The mate, Alexander Robinson, neglected to call master when weather set in hazy, or fix his position by bearings, or use lead when approaching land (which was obscured), or to at once head vessel to sea before calling master, and when peril to ship was apparent. Master's certificate suspended for one month and mate's for two months, each to pay half costs of inquiry, amounting to £14 12s.