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Feb. 5 9 5 Kimi, o.e.v. .. Launch Rimu, s.s., 19 Schooner years Bimu, 22 years Schooner 2 2 21 4 49 3 Foundered ; total loss General Damaged plate; trifling accident Shingle Stranded; total loss i i 2 2 Three miles off Godley S.W. Gale .. [ The launch was being towed into Lyttelton Head Harbour by the s.s. " Priestfield " when she suddenly collapsed and disappeared, her two occupants being drowned despite efforts to save them Motukaraka W h a r f, .. Calm .. i Bumped against an iron band on the corner A. Parris. Hokianga of the wharf and knocked a hole in a plate ley „ 19 Hook's Bay, W T aiheke E. Strong. . Vessel had loaded a cargo of shingle on the A. E. Rags. Island beach, and had just hauled off when the wind changed and drove her on the beach, where she has been abandoned Hook's Bay, Waiheke E. Strong., j Vessel had loaded a cargo of shingle on the E. Beaver. Island beach, and had just hauled off when the wind changed and drove her on the beach, where she has been abandoned vr i n, , -nTi „£ ci i7 en ( The ''Ida" was at anchor when the barge Nelson Street Wharf. S.E. Strong , , , , , .,, , i „ A ii h \ broke loose and drifted down upon her. Auckland j j Xq Qne Qn boa _ d eitJler veg - eL .Auckland Harbour .. E.N.E. Gale . . Vessel was at anchor, but owing to the gale H. Joynt. and rough sea she dragged and went ashore Birkenhead, -Auckland S.E. Gale .. Vessel was moored alongside the wharf, when Harbour her lines carried away and she was blown against the breastwork and damaged her planks Four and a half miles .. Calm .. The stranding was due to an unexpected J. T. Beid. S.E. of Pencarrow easterly set and to a dense fog which preHead vented the master ascertaining his position with any degree of accuracy. The stranding was contributed to by an error of judgment on the part of the master in failing to stop the ship at 8 a.m. instead of going slow. The master was ordered to pay half the cost of the inquiry, £3 10s. 6d. Manukau Harbour . . E. Moderate Grounded on mudbank when proceeding to J. Baldwin. sea. Floated off on rising tide When leaving the harbour the master of the " Arahura." failing to observe that the " Waimate " had also weighed anchor and was under weigh, attempted to pass across her bow, and the collision resulted. The Court found that the collision regulations j Gisborne Harbour .. W. Light < had not been properly complied with by j the master of either vessel, that no proper lookout was kept on either vessel, and that the collision was due to the combined neglect of the masters of the vessels, and they were ordered to pay the costs of the V inquiry in equal shares. Wharf, Helensville .. N.E. Light Vessel was found to be on fire at 5.30 a.m. H. H. Corlieson. and badly burnt amidships. Cause of fire not known King's Wharf, Auck- .. Calm . . Collided with north end of wharf when berth- A. C. Showman. land ing and damaged plates in her stem Near Cape Farewell .. N.W. Fresh Some of the stay-bolts at back end of boiler R. F. Chadwick. breeze blew- out, causing leakage ,,' 19 Stag, 53 years : Cutter .. i 19 2 Shingle Stranded; total loss „ 20 Ida, 33 years . . Ketch .. 25 .. [ Collision; slight \ \ damage to I ( each vessel j Stranded; damage, £40 Stranded; damage, £50 „ 20 ,, 21 ,, 21 Buster B. . . Barge .. Excelsior, aux., Schooner 24 vears Tally -Ho, 20 Ketch .. vears 29 .. 51 .. „ 24 Mararoa, s.s., 32 Schooner ] years 1,381 76 21 215 General Stranded; damage, £650 ,, 24 Mar. I Koromiko, s.s., Schooner ] 8 years -Arahura, s.s., 12 Schooner 1,541 34 771 56 1,541 34 80 Wool .. Stranded; no damage General Collision; damage, £3,000 E. 771 56 80 years I \ W. I Light I tt 1 Waimate, s.s., | Schooner' : : 21 years 11 Bellbird, s.s., 11 , Schooner years 25 Waihora, s.s., 10 ! Schooner '■ years 30 Karu, s.s., 16 Schooner years 3,629 .. 52 8 i General Collision; damage, £8,000 General Fire ; damage, £500 General Struck wharf; damage, £1,800 Coal .. Boiler trouble ; trifling damage N.E. Light 2,993 51 Calm . . 197 12 N.W. Fresh breeze