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

Date of Vessel's Name, Age. Casualty, j and Class. j 1 I Big. . ._ ch Si Number of *g cei J .-[ So 9 PassenH E -1 g gers. Cargo. Nature of Natl ;ure of Casualty. Number of Lives lost. Place where Cas occurred. Win Direction. Wind. _._.._ ! Finding of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. ad. Force. Finding of Court of Inquiry, Force. i I 1905. lept. 24 Moana, 5 years I Schooner 94 7 Ballast Capsized; total loss 7 i „ 27 Turakina, s.s., 3 Schooner 5289 102 years ,, 29 Hawk, 4 years j Scow .. 139 7 ' ,, 29 Karamea, s.s... Cutter .. 12 3 ■ Jet. 19 j Kaituna, s.s., 1 Schooner 1977 26 year Produce j Fire Ballast ■ 1 life lost; shipped sea Rock .. Stranded; slight damage | Coal Touched ground 1 7 1 Mokau Wellington Wharf Hokianga Bar North Spit, Nile River, Buller County 1J miles from Point Pillar, Farewell Spit W. S.W. S.W. Gale Hard .. I Light .. Gale .. Casualty occurred through the captain E. Jones, anchoring in a wrong position; and when gale came on he could not get vessel out, and she apparently capsized, all hands being lost While vessel lying alongside, wool and flax ! Frances Forbes, found to be on fire in No. 4 hold, 'tween ■ decks. Cause uncertain, probably spon- , taneous combustion Hard .. While crossing bar a sea swept the captain : Bernard McDer(McDermott) overboard, and he was j mott. drowned. Casualty might have been avoided if vessel had stood to sea as instructed by signals Light .. While on trip Westport to Charleston a sea ■ Alfred Casson. struck vessel and washed her 3 ft. on one side of channel; stern swung into bank and struck gravel, stripping all blades off propeller. Damage to vessel reported as slight Fresh While on voyage from Newcastle to Welling- John breeze ton vessel touched ground. Ship appears McDrewette. to have made too much leeway, which was not allowed for by the master. If the lead had been used he would have found his position, and the casualty would not have happened Vessel sailed from Dunedin for Lyttelton; William Tulwind N.E. and variable ; thick weather loch, came on, and she made short tacks up the coast instead of keeping out to sea, finally going ashore as stated. Master and first officer severely censured and ordered to pay costs of inquiry Calm .. Fire took place in third engineer's room, star- Charles Clift. board side ; supposed to have been caused : by explosion of kerosene lamp left burning when engineer left his room to post a letter. Some of his clothes and the woodwork of the room charred. Unavoidable accident X.E. Fresh breeze „ 19 County of Ayr, Barque, j 458 15 42 years iron, sail fi 19 Timber I Stranded; total loss Danger Reef, Shag Point, Otago * N.E. i Nov. 6 *Jov. 6 Mapourika, s.s., Schooner 718 40 7 years ,, 8 Thistle. 14 years Barque 2192 30 Schooner 718 Fire Timber Stranded; total Fire Alongside Railway Wharf, Wellington Calm .. Stranded; total wreck Palmerston Island, South Pacific Ocean Moderate Master guilty of an error in judgment in Edmund Engaltering vessel's course at midnight, thus land, bringing her nearer the Islands -»> 8 Barque •2192 S.S.E. wreck wrecK (