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

Date of Vessel's Name, Age, Casualty. and Class. Big. H 9 9 rg, P3h Number of Nature of Number of of hires lost. Place where Cat occurred. Wind. Finding of Court of Inquiry. i Name of Matter. 5 Passengers. Cargo. Caaoalty. Directiea. Force. 1907. July 20 Waiko ni ni, scow, 6 vears Flora Schooner 60 -I Ballast.. Stranded; no damage Foundered .. Bream Tail, Tasman *Sea 21 K I yards K. Victoria Wharf, Auckland Harbour N.E. Gale .. Vessel met fierce gale and was unable to beat James off shore McDermott. Gale .. There is no direct evidence as to the cause of Robert Sj-;-' the foundering, but the Court was of opinion Sullivan, f that it was caused by carelessness in securing the hatches. Owners to blame in not seeing that master had a certificate, and ordered to pay costs of inquiry Fresh gale Owing to the strong gale the stay-sail carried George Westaway, breaking the jib-boom and causing rupp.J. the foremast to break off at the deck Gale .. Vessel struck by heavy sea. Much damage W. F. Underwas done to spars and rigging wood. „ 20 Cutter .. 12 I Shingle 3 N.E. „ 21 Lily. 17 years Ballast.. Damage to mast and rigging Damaged spars and rigging, £2,000 Stranded; no damage Separation Point, Blind Bay, Nelson Ketch .. 14 S.E. „ 22 Macdiarmid, 24 years Ship .. 1568 23 Coal Lat. 35° 35' S., Long. 179° 45' E. S.E. \ Timber and general Coal .. S.E. „ 28 Reliance, 3 years Schooner 76 Between Manukau Heads and Waikato River Petane Beach, near Turoa Point, Hauraki Gulf Wellington •] Railway wharf Moderate Vessel sprung a leak and was beached in a safe F. G. Kemp, gale position ,,J 29 Bravo, 10 years, (scow) Schooner 99 Stranded ; partial loss, £500 E. Gale .. Vessel went ashore through force of wind after J. A.IPaterson. port cable had parted Calm .. Whilst lying at wharf an explosion of gas E. J. Larkin. generated by creosote took place, but how the gas was ignited there is no evidence to show Gale .. Vessel was being towed from her anchorage E. Halcrow. when the tow-lines parted and she was beached to save loss of vessel and life Strong The propeller and tail-shaft dropped off; Geo. Lambert, breeze cause unknown „ 30 Melville Island, 22 years Ship .. 1429 15 Ballast.. Fire; partial loss, £600 Aug. 6 Stanley, 16 years Schooner 84 Coal .. Stranded ; partial, £50 % mile S. of Orewa House, Orewa N.E. ,. 7 Arahura, s.s., 2 years Schooner 771 117 General Loss of propeller, £360 14 miles N.E. by N.£N. of Kahurangi Point Sealers Bay, Codfish Island, Stewart Island Lat. 38° 16' S., Long. 157° 18' E. E. „ 17 Heather Bell, 21 Cutter .. 26 Fish .. Stranded; total loss N.E. Gale .. A change of wind during the night caused the Geo.JWest. vessel to drag her anchor and she went ashore. Gale .. I A heavy sea came on board and washed F. P. Evans. Thomas W. R. Hood, chief officer, overboard years 1 S.W. ., 22 Kaituna, s.s., 3 Schooner 1246 Loss of life .. years Shingle Collision; £100 damage Collision; n o damage Collision; no damage Collision; damage, £25 „ 31 Mana, 32 years Cutter .. 22 4 200fyards from Railway Wharf Auckland N. Light .. " Mana " collided with Dredge No. 121, which J. Stenhouse. was coming out from wharf, movements e p v, being obscured by intervening vessels „ 31 Dredge 121, s.s., 22 years Clansman, s.s., 23 years Herald, scow, 9 years Schooner 394 11 Mud .. Sept. 2 Schooner 379 27 General North end of Tin Passage.faJAuckland W. Moderate ' C°-"fa- s fa- on caused through " Herald " not show- : Edward McLeod ing stern lights. .Master of Herald " was I M R ordered to pay costs of inquiry Kountree. „ 2 Schooner 73 4 Ballast