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

ft rrj a. to Phh Number of Nature of Wind. Date of Vessel's Name, Age, Casualty, and Claii. Number of Lives lost. Place where Casualt, occurred. Finding of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. £ Passen- £ gers. Cargo. Casualty. Direction. Force. 1906. Aug. 11 Mapourika, s.s., 8 years Schooner 718 ; 40 30 Coal .. Stranded ; no damage Boulder Bank, Nelson, N. of new cut Calm .. Vessel in charge of pilot, who allowed insufficient room in rounding up to get a fanrun into the channel Vessel touched on flat rock, and afterwards grounded, got off without damage S. L Kennedy. „ 11 Pateena, s.s., 13 years Schooner 550 40 30 General Stranded; no damage Entrance to Nelson Harbour, old channel S. Light .. C. Clift. ,, 18 Aorere, s.s., 21 years Schooner 49 9 Produce Shipped heavy sea; slight damage Patea Bar N. When crossing the bar the vessel shipped a heavy sea, which carried away the forward .bulkhead of house on deck; unavoidable accident. Vessel touched on reef and dented five plates, and also broke two blades of her propeller Casualty was caused by master standing too close in to the beach before tacking A. H. Fisk. „ 21 Tuna-, launch, 17 years Defiance, 26 years Brigantine 15 199 4 D a mag e of plates Stranded; refloat ed; slight damage Lost propeller Reef off Kaiti Beach, Poverty Bay W. Sandspit, Kaipara Calm .. C. F. Berney. „ 27 8 Coal and general N.E. Fresh .. Robert Lloyd White. „ 28 Charles Edward, s.s., 42 years Eveline Schooner 145 16 Timber Wanganui River Head of shaft broken and propeller lost, but afterwards recovered The launch was obstructing the approach to the wharf, and the s.s. " Awaroa " ran into her Casualty was not due to faulty construction of furnaces or other portion of machinery, and was not due or contributed to by negligence or carelessness Master had not entered Kaipara Harbour for four years, and was not aware of alterations in the channel, and took a wrong course The casualty was due to the vessel lurching heavily, thus causing the shifting of the ballast, which shifting was contributed to by the shifting boards being insufficiently high The master was guilty of a great error of judgment in abandoning the vessel under the circumstances, and was ordered to pay £15 costs of inquiry. Whilst vessel was on voyage from Gisborne to Auckland it was found that cargo in No. 3 hold was on fire, which was extinguished by the crew after five hours work. Cause of fire unknown Insufficient depth of water on the bar. Rudder and rudder-post were carried away, caused by the vessel striking the ground heavily Edward Graham. Thomas Pettit. Sept. 9 Launch not rg'd. 2 Sunk Mangawhare Wharf, Kaipara N.N.E. Light .. „ 14 Petone, s.s., 6 years Schooner 388 17 Ballast.. Crowns of furnace fell in Greymouth Calm .. J. Christian. „ 20 Cape Corrientes, s.s., 15 years Schooner 1660 28 Ballast.. Stranded; I no damage Egg Bank, Dog Point, Kaipara E.S.E. Strong Edmund Jones. „ 30 Lutterworth, 38 years Barque 887 18 i Ballast.. Dismasted 22 miles N. by E.JE. of Kaikoura Peninsula S. Moderate gale H. L. Hicks. Oct. 10 Port Stephens, s.s. 12 years Schooner 2278 33 Ballast.. Broken shaft; abandoned Long. 164° 40' E., Lat. 45° 50' S. Strong breeze Arthur Edwin Jolly. N.N.W. „ 17 Tarawera, s.s., 24Jyears] Schooner 1269 53 b'w'n 50 & 60 General Fire; partial loss Bay of Plenty S.W. Moderate John T. Rolls. Nov. 7 I BadenJ-?Powell, s.s., 6tyears Schooner Produce Stranded; partial loss Bar, Manawatu River Strong breeze W. McGavin Muir. 92 12 N.W.