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Return of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department from the 1st April, 1915, to the 31st March, 1916.

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! i Date of .Vessel's Name, Age, Casualty, j and Class. Big. o & Number of S g | Passen~*to Q gers. Cargo. Nature of Nature of Casualty. Number of Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Wind. "tfcT j Finding of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. 1915. ' Jan. 16 .. 24 „ 27: Combine, 4 years Fram, 39 years Marama, s.s., 8 years Schooner Norwegian barque Schooner 3,952 ... 24 699; 142 .. i 12 Machinery Foundered : £60 damas-i. - . Guano.. Stranded : total loss 97 General Stranded; damage, £18,000 Ofi Nelson St. Wharf, Auckland S.W. Spit, Maiden Island, Pacific Ocean Montara Point, California N.W. S.E. SquallyStrong Vessel was overladen, and master did not J. E. I. Johan-. take proper precautions to ensure the sen. w-orking of the pumps during the night. The master and owners were ordered to pay the costs of the inquiry, £19 8s., in equal proportions The vessel was moored off the spit when a A. Stub. heavy squall carried the moorings away, and the ship immediately drifted ashore and went to pieces The stranding was due to the master mis- R. Crawford, taking the Montara light for that of the ; San Francisco light-vessel. The Court was of opinion that the stranding was not due to the default of the master, but was contributed to by the neglect of the second officer, John McCulloch, to inform the master of the existence on the ship of a chart later in date than that used by the master prior to the stranding I (E. McGierney. The launch was at anchor in the channel j -j when the scow ran into her j (J. Verran. . I Mar. 7 ' ;■ ■ ■ -• . I I ,, 7, 9 r, 9 a ., 16 ,. 20 Welcome, scow, 11 years Una, 2 years .. Waimarie, s.s. 19 3'ears Taniwha, s.s., 17 years Kaeo, o.e.v., 10 years Niagara, s.s., 2 years Schooner Launch Schooner Schooner Schooner Schooner 62 Under 5 159 191 166 7,582 4 4 18 18 9 231 Ballast Collision ; slight damage Ballast.. Collision : slight damage 25 I General i Collision ; damage, £48 20 General Collision; n o damage 2 ] General Damage to rigging 233 General Propeller-blade broken ; damage, £1,430 Nickel-ore Damage to masts and rigging, £2,410 General Broken crankshaft .. Fire ; damage, £200 1 i J J Rangitoto Channel, Auokland Harbour Ponui Passage. Hauraki Gulf | Ofi East Cape Lat. 34 D 18' S., long. 165° 56' E. S.S.E. S.W. W. s. Light .. "{ Gale .. Moderate The collision was caused through the second 1 ' mate of the "Waimarie " keeping to port { w Greenberg. instead ot to starboard Foresheet and gaff carried away whilst wear- T- H. E. Lane. ing ship A blade of the turbine propeller broke ; cause 3. T. Rolls, not known .. 20 Cis, 30 years .. Barque 1,501 15 Lat. 33° 30' S.. long, i 174° 50' E. N.E. Gale Vessel was struck by lightning .. .. H. Isaksen. ■ April 1 Storm, s.s., 11 years Kina, o.e.v., 13 years Schooner 186 15 25 miles N.E. of Timaru N.W. Breeze High-pressure crank-shaft broke without F. E. Woods, warning, due to internal flaw- in metal Fire broke out in the engine-room through the , W. Whittingignition of motor-spirit, and considerable ham. damage was done before it could be extinguished Struck a submerged rock .. .. G. Carey. ,, 5 Launch 5 2 Near Whangaroa Calm .. , 10 Onerahi, 3 years Ketch .. I . Tikorangi Stream, Whangarei Queen's Wharf, -Auckland Harbour N.E. Light .. ,, 12 Riverina, s.s., 10 years Schooner 25 2,808 4 105 i Shingle Struck a rock ; damage. £25 90 General Collision with wharf; slight damage Calm .. Ran into the wharf when berthing .. G. F. Entwistle. .