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

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'Date of Casualty. Vessel's Name, Age, and Class. |Rig- £ S. Number of : n> d Nature of . Number of I Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Direction. Wind. Force. Name of Master. ]jj-g|£ Passen- 1 P5H i !j gers. j Cargo. ! Casualty. Finding of Court of Inquiry. July 20 Himitangi, s.s., 16 years ,. 25—27 Waimate, s.s. ,19 y-ears I „ 27-30 Otaki. s.s., 7 years Schooner Schooner Schooner 149 16 3,629- 56 4,611 62 99i 4 138 4 812 30 26 General Trifling accident to machinery General Damage b y heavy seas General Damage b y heavy- seas Vehicles Collision; trifling damage 30 .. Collision; triffling damage General Stranded: damage. £500 At sea between Chatham Islands and Lyttelton South Indian Ocean South Indian Ocean N.W. S.W. S.W. and N.W. Strong Gale . Gale Steam-pipe burst owingto flawineopper .. C.Thompson. The ship encountered very stormy weather G. F. Mead, for three days and shipped heavy seas, which did considerable damage to ship and cargo The ship experienced very heavy gales, rising A. B. Smith. |to hurricane force, and shipped heavy- seas, which carried away the deck cargo. Very little damage was done to the ship f"C. Williams. The vessels collided in dense fog .. " "1CP 1 L'; The master did not take proper precautions to D. Cameron. see that the vessel was kept on her proper course within the white sector of Some's Island light. His certificate was suspended for three months, and he was ordered to pay the costs of the inquiry The cause of the explosion, which fatally in- W. R. Huff. jured the mpster, is not known, but was probably due to carelessness on the part of those on board, who w-ere smoking and were under the influence of liquor The H.P. piston-rod ran hot, and the H.P. G. F. Entwistle. engine was disconnected and the trip continned with the engines working compound The master set the course and left the vessel A. E. Ragg. in charge of William Sutcliffe, A.B.. who altered the course without authority, and also failed to call the master, as instructed. and consequently ran the vessel ashore The intermediate slide-spindle broke .. | G. F. Entwistle. „ 29 Spa rrowhawk, s.s., 3 vears „ 29 Eagle, p.s. Ferry-boat } Auckland Harbour .. S.W. Ferry-boat! Light .. Aug. 5 Corinna, s.s., 33 vears Schooner ■ Barrett's Reef, Wellington Heads N. Light .. : I „ 21 Rosalie Cutter .. 6 1 2,808 98 2 Explosives! Explosion of keg of powder: damage, £75 87 | General Broken piston I i King's Wharf. Auckland „ 26 Riverina, s.s., 10 years Schooner Lat. 33° 53' S.. long. 153° E. „ 31 Endeavour, aux.,11 years Schooner 54J 4 I .. j Coke .. Stranded; slight damage Orewa Beach, Auckland N.W. Calm .. Sept. 9 Riverina, s.s., 10 y T ears „ 9 Squall, s.s., 11 years „ 20 Waihora, s.s., 7 Schooner 2,808 99 145 14 2,993 41 96 6 17 General Slight accident to machinery .. j Cement Broken pro-peller-blade Stranded ; n o damage General j Stranded ; n o damage 25 miles from Godley Head Cook Strait.. Calm .. 2,808 99 Schooner 145 14 N.W. Light .. Struck a submerged object, presumably a R. Fletcher. floating log The vessel was steering a course with the sun A. C. Showman; right ahead, and the red buoy marking the channel was not distinguished in the bright sunshine until it was too late to avoid running on to a sandbank A valve had been left open, and as the vessel K. Tsukigawa. was filling with water she was beached to avoid sinking years Schooner 2,993 41 Off Pouto Point, Kaipara S. Gale .. „ 25 Clutha, p.s., 4 years Mouth of T u a p e k a River Calm .. 96