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Return of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department from the 1st April, 1901, to the 31st March, 1902.

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Date of Name of Vessel, Casualty. Rig. '$ g> I Number of to c3 ■ j?g '■ I PassenNumber of Nature of Number Place where Casualty occurred. Wind. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. Name of Master. Lives lost. Direction. Cargo. Casualty. Force. 1901. March 26 (suppos'd) Linda Weber, 24 years Brigantine 114 Ballast.. Supposed foundered ; total loss Supposed 7; all hands Supposed off East Cape S.E. Gale Vessel left Gisborne for Hokianga on 23rd March, and was last seen off Tokomaru on26th March, thirty miles south of East Cape, during bad weather which prevailed on that and subsequent days. She is supposed to have foundered at sea, with loss of all hands On leaving Port Nicholson for Nelson vessel was struck by an exceptionally heavy sea, which swept the deck and flooded the engineroom and saloon Tail-shaft broke, without apparent cause, as vessel was entering Motueka Harbour An A.B. named J. J. Klein, whilst furling main topgallant-sail, fell to the deck and was killed Simon McKenzie. April 28 Mapourika, s.s., 3 years Schooner Deck swept by heavy sea Off Pencarrow Head .. John Grant. 717 ■10 5G General N.N.W. Fresh .. May 4 Te Kapn, s.s., 12 years Camphill, 11 years Schooner General Shaft broken.. Entrance to Motueka Harbour Lat. 38° 36' S., long. 61° 43' E. On voyage from Liverpool to Wellington Wellington Harbour .. Calm .. George Allman. I 50 10 6 Barque.. 1199 19 General Loss of life only i Moderate gale William Mayne. . 18 Omega, 65 years Hulk .. 401 Coal and kerosene Ballast.. Fire on board; total loss Stranded; total loss Cause of fire unknown. Joseph Roderigues. . 26 Cavalier, 7 years Ketch .. 36 Beef at entrance to Mason's Bay, Stewart Island Six miles W.S.W. of Coromandel Heads W.S.W. Gale .. Vessel broached-to through loss of sails during gale, and became unmanageable June 18 Rotomahana, s.s.. 25 years Sohooner 139 14 42 General Crank-shaft fractured N. Moderate gale Crank-shaft fractured for no apparent reason. Set sail for Thames, arriving there at 4 a.m. on 19th June Vessel left Newcastle on 22nd June, and arrived in Wellington on 23rd July. On the 30th June and subsequent days she met with a succession of heavy southerly gales, during which she shipped heavy seas, smashing in the deckhouse, injuring the mate and two of the crew, and losing her sails Rudder-tail carried away through stress of sea and heavy weather Robert Huia Gibbons. 30 and subsequently Genevie M. Tuoker, 31 years Barque.. 487 Coal .. Lose of sails, damage to deck - house, and leakage On voyage from Newcastle, N.S.W., to Wellington S.E. Gales .. William Edward Oliver. 12 Amelia Sims, 9 months Rudder-tail carried away Lat. 36° 38' S., long. 168° 32' E. On voyage from Sydney to Lyttelton A quarter of a mile outside Wairau Bar William Laird Whitby. July 4 Schooner 98 Coal .. S.S.W. Squally.. it 4 Pania, s.s., 5 years Ketch .. 37 Produce Tail-shaft broken and loss of propeller Stranded; no damage Stranded; partial loss w. Light .. Casualty cannot be accounted for, as vessel did not touch ground in crossing bar, or come in contact with any hard substance that could be seen The vessel went on the beach through the reversing-gear of the engines jamming Stranding caused by only man on deck thinking land was further off than it was, and not putting vessel on the other tack in time to clear the land Henry Fisk. Theresa Ward, s.s., 1 year Clyde, 14 years Cutter .. General The Neck, Paterson Inlet, Stewart Island Bushy Point, about 12 miles east of Bluff Harbour s.w. Light .. Charles Herbert Lovett. Karl F. Junge. m 10 9 9 25 22 Schooner 21 3 Fish .. E. Strong breeze