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

c3 §c I umDer of Cargo. Natl Nature of ;ure of Casualty. Number of Lives lost. Place where Cas occurred. Wind. Date of Casualty. Vessel's Name, Age, and Class. -Rig. Finding of Court of Inquiry. Xune of Master. •as —; So 9 PassenM cH »h gers. Direction. Force. I I Struck reef; partial loss C h a ff e r' s Passage, N. Wellington | 1905. fov. 21 20 Produce Fresh Master justified in coming through Chaffer's Sydney James, breeze passage in daytime and in favourable weather, and Court sees no reason to make any recommendation as to non-use of passage, that being a matter in discretion of master. Court also of opinion that master not guilty of negligence while navigating i passage, but appears to have been, for some reason unknown to him, and not disclosed to Court, slightly nearer to shore than he thought he was. No order as to costs Fresh .. Propeller-blades all dropped off between Peter Mclntyre. Wanganui and Wellington. Ship did not strike anything. Unavoidable accident Gale .. Cause of casualty was that telegraph from the George Fredebridge to engine-room was out of order. rick Entwistle. No damage to ship. Coroner's inquiry : Master William Hanning William and seaman John Joss swept overboard by Hanning. seas and drowned Fresh High-pressure valve guide-bracket broke, and Samuel breeze engines stopped for l\ hours, vessel drifting Kennedy, towards the Brothers; direction, S.E. Repairs temporarily made and ship brought to Wellington. Unavoidable accident Light .. Ship struck submerged snag going down Wan- A. Dowell. ganui River and broke off all propellerblades. 3 in number. Unavoidable accident /-Collision caused by schooner " Jap " being Thomas Norris. taken aback when in stays by a " willieSqually waugh " and the anchor not bringing the 1 schooner up when let go. Casualty might have been avoided if " Jap'/' had attempted \ to anchor to lee of other two schooners Moderate Stranding caused by a bar of sand formed F. W. Cox. across the entrance of river by westerly gales I Court found that casualty was caused by the /William James negligent and improper navigation of the ' Southgate. master of the " Kapanui." His certificate was suspended for 12 months, and he was James Mewett. ordered to pa3' costs of inquiry \ Corinna, s.s. Schooner 812 I ,, 22 Stormbird, s.s. Schooner 129 13 ■ I General £30 loss 36 fmiles S. of Wan- W.N.W. ganui River „, 23 Zealandia, s.s., Schooner 7 years 1736 07 130 General Stranded; no damage 2 West side, Glasgow j N.W. Wharf, Napier Har- , bour .„ 25 Anna, 30 years ; Ketch .. 28 2 Foveaux Strait ,, 28 Pateena, s.s., 11 | Schooner vears 550 38 40 General Breakdown of engines 1 mile N.N.E. of I N.W. Walker Rock, off Cape Jackson Dec. 5 i Huia, s.s. .. j Schooner I 69 9 199 8 Wool .. Lost 3 pro-peller-blades Wanganui .. .. S.E. Dec. 16 Jap .. .. Scow .. „ 16 i Rambler .. | Scow .. „ 20 Kapiti, s.s., 3 : Schooner years 77 4 80 j 10 Collision with scow Rambler Railway Collision, parmaterial tial loss Coal .. Stranded; no damage General Collision ; partial General Collision; no damage 1 1 Cloudy Bay .. N.W. Entrance to Patea W. River „ 23 i Kapanui, s.s., 7 ; Fore-and-years aft. 63 ! 8 11 Inside North Head, S.W. near Devonport, .~nd Harbour .,, 23 Claymore, s.s., i Schooner 3 years 92 j 11 70 I i