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

Date of Vessel's Name, Age, Casualty. and Class. ] Big. £ ei Number of Nature of Sh I V &S U ~ Car «°- Casualty. Number of Lives lost. Place where Cas occurred. Wind. Finding of Court of Inquiry. ! Namt of Master. Direction. Force. 'i 1 1905. April 15 Volador, 20 years 197 Timber A c heavy squall struck the ship and broke off John Pearson, the mizenmast some feet from the deck Barquentine Loss of mizenmast 200 miles off New Zealand coast, on voyage from Newcastle to Wellington Off Black Head, East Coast, North Island N.W. Moderate gale „ 17 Haupiri, s.s., 18 years Schooner General Damage to purser's room S.S.E. Gale .. A heavy sea broke on board when lying-to off Charles FredeBlack Head and carried away the woodwork rick B a ek - of the purser's room on deck, port side strom. Wlnle being towed down Whitianga River W. H. Heayes. took the ground, and was refloated making water 452 i 32 ■2 „ 21 Zelateur, 13 years Barque 524 11 Timber Stranded: refloated Eastern bank, Mercury Bay S.W. Strong May I Progress, 28 years Scow .. 49 Coal .. Stranded; total loss Peni Peni Beach. North Head, Tauranga E. Hard blow Vessel, on voyage Ngunguru to* Matata, owing Patrick B|onto bad weather, had to put into Tauranga ; field, in trying to run in missed stays, and became unmanageable Vessel collided with a small steamer, name un- George Crawknown shaw. „ ti Moeraki, s.s., 3 years Schooner 2715 85 200 General Collision ; n o damage Abreast of Inner South Head, Sydney Harbour W.S.W. Light .. „ 8 Devonport, 27 years Barque 290 10 Ballast Loss of life .. 1 On voyage from Melbourne to Kaipara s. Gale .. Wife of master, Sundberg, fell overboard and Thore Vindieian was drowned. Inquiry : result, no one to Sundberg. blame Damage, £100 ; caused by heavy weather .. i Anton Peterson. S Lizzie Taylor, 13 years Ketch .. 77 Timber Loss of sails, and damage to rudder Stranded; total loss Off Kaikoura S.E. Gale .. . „ 14 Neptune, 26 years Barquentine 343 10 Ballast North Spit, Kaipara, 5 miles from North Head W.S.W. Strong • Vessel, on voyage Wellington to Kaipara, ; Kobert M c - went on the bar at latter place, and was Kenzie Cliffe. totally wrecked. Court found master should j not have taken bar at time, but waited later in day: no necessity take bar. Master found guilty of imprudence, as tide ebbing, light bad; and he did not wait for signalr, or directions. Certificate suspended for three months Casualty caused through hugging edge of bank S. R. Savory. too close „ 20 Elverland, 8 years Barquentine 361 11 Railway iron Stranded; slight damage Western edge, Tory Shoal, Kaipara Harbour Petane Beach, Napier S. Moderate breeze June 1 Ngaru, 7 years „ 2 Putiki, s.s., 1 year Schooner Schooner 66 171 5 Timber Produce Stranded; slight damage Loss of pro-peller-blades 6 miles east of Point Gibson E. S.E. Gale .. Strong breeze Casualty caused through vessel being anchored Francis F 1 e t - on a lee shore when a gale of wind sprung up, cher. accompanied with a heavy sea While on voyage from Lyttelton to Wellington Frederick Dewthe propeller was stripped of all the blades ; hurst no explanation could be given as to their loss as the ship did not come in contact with any hard substance. 17