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

Date of Vessel's Name, Age, Casualty, and Class. Big. ton Number of Nature of Number Place where Casualty occurred. Win Direction. 1 Wind. ad. Force. Finding of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. <tt Passengers. Lires lost. Cargo. Casualty. n Nov. 20 Duchess, s.s., 18 years Cutter 137 170 Collision with wharf; n o damage t o ship Collision with wharf; n o damage Capsized ; : n o damage t o ship Ferry Wharf, Wellington N. N. j Light .. Light .. When endeavouring to pass a hulk which w-as ; J. Lowry. being towed across the course, the vessel I collided with the wharf ,. 21 Wimmera, s.s., 11 years Schooner 1,872 76 80 General Queen's Wharf. Wei- j lington S.E. S.E. Moderate gale Moderate When the vessel was being moored the strong j H. J. Kell. gale wind caused her stem to strike the wharf and cause it some damage Light .. The vessel was swamped through being top- E. V. Johnson, heavdy loaded. The master was not entitled to carry deck cargo, and wa's" ordered to pay the cost of the inquiry Fresh I Pin came out of shackle of steering-sear, and A. A. Perano. breeze the tide carried the vessel ashore, slightly damaging her stern Calm .. Whilst proceeding up the river the engines I 0. F. Mclntyre. stopped, and the current carried the vessel j on to a sandbank The L.P. column of main engines was found j C. Matthews, to be cracked at fillet in front and on either side and a bolt broken Fresh When being beached to load shingle a gust of A. E. Ragg. breeze wind caught her and drove her on the rocks Fire was discovered in bunkers, and ex- J. N. Beishton. tinguished, on 22nd December. 1915. and again on 5th February. 1916. Supposed to have been due to spontaneous combustion ,. 26 Rewa. o.e.v.. 2 v T ears Launch 1 Iron rails Tasman Bay S.W. S.W. Light .. 2 ,. 28 Waitohi, s.s., 12 Cutter Stranded ; trifling damage Tory- Channel N.W. N.W. Fresh breeze 18 y-ears Dec. 2 Jane, o.e.v., 30 years Cutter .. 22 General Stranded : n o damage -' ■ i Okura River Calm .. 9 Ashburton, s.s., 10 years Schooner 2,833 47 General Slight accident to machinery Lat. 38° 46' S., long. 164° 40' E. „ 13 May. 23 years Schooner- : 44 4 Stranded; damage. £60 Fire; slight damage Waiheke Island, Auckland (1) Off Cape B a r r acoutta. South Africa, and (2) about 150 miles' off North Cape, New Zealand E. E. Fresh breeze- „ 22 (and Feb. 5, 1916) Talawa, s.s., 9 years Schooner 2,408 42 1916. Jan. 1 Himitangi, s.s., 16 years Schooner 149 16 Wool .. Broken p r o-peller-blades; damage, £35 Stranded ; n o damage Manukau. Chatham Islands N.W. Light .. Vessel struck a sunken rock, and stripped C. Thompson, three blades of her propeller 6 Poherua, s.s., 26 years Schooner 749 25 General Otago Harbour S.E. Strong : Whilst proceeding from Port Chalmers to J. Baldwin. Dunedin the vessel grounded on a sandbank, but floated off on rising tide Strong.. On leaving the wharf at Miramax the wind P. Peldek. proved too strong for the oil-engines, and the vessel drifted ashore Light .. The benzine ignited when the tank was being S. Hansen, refilled, and the launch was burnt to the water's edge. It is not known what caused the oil to ignite Light.. Owing to the engines refusing to go astern the V. E. Johansen vessel ran into the wharf Light .. The H.P. eccentric strap carried away .. E. Olsen. Schooner . I ,, 12 Magic, aux., 14 years 58 Stranded ; damage, £15 Evans Bay, Wellington - Harbour N.N.W. ,, 17 Iona, o.e.v., 5 years Fishinglaunch 2 Fire ; total loss Moto Rua Island, Bay of Islands S. „ 18 Mana, s.s., 30 years Schooner 77 in Produce Collision with wharf; damage, £15 Trifling accident to machinery' Wellington Harbour N. ,, 21 Kawau, s.s., 17 years Schooner I 53 23 General Hauraki Gulf .. i W.