H—lhS

46

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

Date of { Vessel's Name, Age, Casualty. and Class. Big. ih » Number of o ex Hcc cd ■S o 9 Passen«B | in gers. Cargo. Natl Nature of ,ure of Casualty. Number of Lives lost. Place where Casi occurred. Win Direction. Wind. nd. Force. ! Finding of Court of Inquiry. i Name of Master. 1905. June 8 Rangi ' Xone .. Stranded; partial loss General Stranded; total m e r - wreck scow . . 86 5 None .. 5 miles east of Slipper Island, Bay of Plenty About 2J miles north from North Spit, entrance to Kaipara N.E. Gale . . Vessel on voyage Gisborne to Auckland .. W. M. Burke. „ 15 : Emerald, 25 years Barque 745 15 chandise : General m e r - chandise and coal Timber N.W. Squally, dirty Vessel on voyage Newcastle to Kaipara. John Burshell. Master found to have committed error of judgment, and to pay costs inquiry, £9 . „ 20 Baden Powell, s.s., 5 years Schooner i imuinicc-c and coal Foxton River, Manawatu Calm .. ■ „ 29 Hcho July 7 Tawera, 8 years ,, 20 Himitangi, s.s., 6 years „ 25 , La Bella, 12 years Scow .. Fore-and-aft schooner, auxiliary Schooner Barquentine 14!) 15 365 9 '.1-2 99 8 44 5 13 """ v "™ 1 Timber Stranded; refloated Timber i Loss of life .. j General Stranded; no damage Coal .. Grounded; no loss Oats .. Grounded; no loss 1 50 miles from Kaipara Heads Entrance to Turanganui, Poverty Bay South Spit, inside bar Manawatu River Near Dog Island, Bluff S.W. S. S.W. E. Strong Gale .. Moderate breeze Very light Foxton to Lyttelton ; stranded across stream ; W. M. Muir. current appears to havi- swept away mudbank, allowing vessel to swing round end for end, and back into steep bank lower down river, thus crushing rudder. Reasonable and proper steps taken to avoid casuality Vessel on voyage Kaipara to Dunedin. And- Charles Ludovii rew Grey, A.H., fell overboard and was lost. Olsen. Sea was rough, but vessel not labouring heavily Ebb tide, strong, caught vessel port side, slew- Frederick ing her round ; towline. being under vessel, Palmer. caught her propeller, rendering her helpless ; southerly seas forced her on to the weather side of groin and thence on to sandy beach On voyage Greymouth to Foxton, grounded S. Clark. South Spit, inside bar, owing to insufficient depth of water on bar Vessel, on voyage Bluff to Auckland, after George Mylius. being towed outside Bluff, grounded on rock near Dog Island. No damage apparent to diver who examined her : and pumps, after being sealed twenty-four hours, showed vessel tight, and proceeded on voyage Dredge got aground in harbour, and in get- J. A. Findlav. ing off carried away stern line, which fouled propeller and caused master to lose control of vessel, which ran into s.s. " Waimate," moored at wharf On voyage Wellington to Greymouth vessel Felix Black. touched very slightly on Farewell Sands; no damage: proceeded on voyage. Cause of accident was that course was not altered sooner '. In crossing the bar, the pin on top end of F. J. Duncan . eccentric rod dropped out, stopping vessel's progress, and causing her to settle down on bar. where she sprang a leak and filled Aug. 10 Dredge 222, 24 years Dredge 50-2 30 Xone .. Grounded; no damage Dunedin Harbour, Upper Fine, clear Sept. 6 Pareora, s.s., 9 years Schooner _ .. _. 355 17 Ballast Grounded ; no damage 1 to 1| miles W. Farewell Spit W Light .. Schooner Timber Grounded; partial loss .Mouth Jacob's River, Southland „ 19 Rose Casey, s.s., 27 years 81 10 S.E.