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

Date of Casualty. Name of Vessel, also Age and Class. Bi| !§ Number of berof 'assengers. 1 Cargo. Nature of Natu ire of Number of Lives Casualty. lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Direction. ind. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. Name of Master. IS i Force. 1901. Sept. 16 . Ronga, 1J years Schooner 93 7 Off Fairy Bay, Pelorua j N.W. Sound Squall .. Vessel with all sail set was struck by sudden Otto Edward squall while practically becalmed. Master Peterson, committed error of judgment in not fully providing against such an accident, and he was ordered to pay £7 7s., costs of inquiry Calm .. Master mistook Horse-shoe Bay for proper Alexanderlnnes channel, grounding on soft papa rock in the Murray, endeavour to resume his proper course Squalls.. Vessel belonged to class known as scows. She i Charles Bonner. sustained some damage in landing her cargo on beach at Tokomaru Bay. Attempts were ] made to repair her, and being made, as sup posed, watertight, she left for Gisborne to j have proper repairs effected; but when three or four miles off shore the wind went round to the south, blowing hard, with considerable sea. Master endeavoured to make for Hick's Bay, to beach vessel; but she capsized, and four lives were lost. Errors in judgment on the part of the master, who was drowned, contributed largely to cause the casualty, though it is probable that if the weather had continued fine he would . have brought his vessel to port Calm .. Under special oircumstanoes of the case, Court ' j E^ td Jose P h did not feel justified in holding either master J .„.,,. am- „ ... responsible (J^ Court was of opinion that every precaution Theophilus had been taken by those on board the Trotter, steamer to avoid collision, and considered Moderate that the mate of the schooner, who held no -( breeze certificate, had shown great neglect and ! want of discretion in not calling the master i earlier; and he was ordered to pay £5 5s. ' Andrew Bloom, towards cost of inquiry Ballast.. Capsized; slight damage ■ 21 J Cygnet, s.s., 16 Schooner 66 10 ; years 29 I Whakapai, 5 Schooner 67 5 years Manure and salt Stranded; no damage Horse-shoe Bay, Tory Channel 10 None .. Capsized; total loss 4 OS East Cape, between S. East Cape and East Island Oct. 1 Patiki, p.s., 20 Cutter .. 37 4 I Netherton Reach, Paeroa River Patiki, p.s., 20 years Taniwha, s.s., 3 years Indradevi, s.s., 1 year, 100 Al Lloyd's Cutter .. 37 4 Gelignite Collision; partial loss Collision; no damage Collision; no damage years 1 Taniwha, s.s., 3 Schooner i 191 18 vpfl.ra Schooner | 191 18 10 General years 9 Indradevi, s.s.,1 Schooner ! 3702 60 year, 100 Al Lloyd's Schooner !3702 GO General > I 9 Lily, 27 years.. Schooner ' 84 5 [ 20 miles N.N.E. of S.E. f Godley Head Lily, 27 years.. Collision; partial loss Collision; slight damage Collision; slight damage Stranded; partial loss Ji Schooner 84 5 Produce 11 Lady Barkly, Cutter .. 39 7 H.S.. 4-ft vpflrs Lady Barkly, s.s., 40 years Emma Sims .. Cutter .. 39 7 Nil i j-mile outside outer j \y. f beacons off Collingwood Sunken rock at Cape j N.W. Stephens, Cook Strait Light .. The " Lady Bavkly " had the " Emma Sims " ( Ja Edwin in tow, and after casting off the tow-rope : J . , s \, n the vessels came into collision ,, ! \ Reynolds. Light .. Master not guilty of negligence under the cir- James Stewart oumstances ; the set of tide, and fog, com- Adams, bined to bring about a situation which master took only possible course to retrieve. No order made as to costs s.s., 40 years „ 11 Emma Sims .. Schooner 61 5 Schooner 61 5 Timber.. 15 I Poherua, s.s., 11 Schooner 749 23 Poherua, s.s., 11 years Schooner 749 23 Ballast..