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

Date of Vessel's Name, Casualty- A 8 e - and Class. Rig. Is 9 2 ° 3 £ Number of if Cargo. Natu Nature of ure of Casualty. Number of Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurri Wind. | Passen-: h pers. Finding of Court of Inquiry, &c. Name of Master. Direction. Force. I 1907. Oct. 10 Pet, 26 years Ketch .. 19 19 2 Ballast.. Stranded ; slight damage Stranded ; trifling damage Cannibal Cove, Cook Strait Patea Bar .. S.W. Fresh Steering-gear carried away and vessel drifted D. Bonner. breeze ashore Fresh Vessel took the ground when crossing the bar Edward Shaw, breeze at Patea. Rudder and rudder-post broken. Vessel afterwards hove off Calm .. Hulk was in tow of s.s. " Kotahi " when tow- M. Williamson, line parted and vessel went ashore of "Kotahi." Fresh Vessel grounded in new channel while in F. A. Maxwell. charge of pilot, owing to insufficiency of water in newly dredged cut Light .. Casualty was probably caused by a sharp C. Huntly. stone penetrating one of the vessels bottom planks when loading on the beach „ 13 Kapiti, s.s., 5 Schooner 114 years 114 13 Coal .. W.S.W. Nov. 11 Norah Brad- Hulk .. 12 shaw, 20 years Kaikoura, s.s., Schooner 6998 4 years 12 2 Machinery Stranded ; total loss Stranded; no damage Mouth of Waitara River Entrance Otago Harbour „ 29 6998 70 18 General S.W. Dec. 17 Oban, 10 years Scow .. 39 39 \ Timber Foundered ; slight damage At wharf, Motueka. N.E. 1908. Jan. 12 Marama, s.s., 1 Schooner 3952 2 miles N.N.E. Taiaroa Heads 1 mile inside Wairau Bar A steerage passenger jumped overboard and J. Gibb. was drowned Strong Vessel kept too close and touched boulder W. Nicholas, bank on starboard side which, together with strong breeze and strong flood tide caused her to slew and stick on the mainland side of the river Light .. A passenger jumped overboard and was J. Bernech. drowned 3952 130 General Loss of life .. 1 „ 22 year Opawa, s.s., 11 Schooner 64 years 64 13 General _. . . Stranded; no damage N.E. ,. 23 Loss of life .. Off Gore Bay Monowai, s.s., Schooner 2137 17 years Koi, s.s., 1 year Cutter .. 63 6 " Collision; slight damage Collision; no damage Port engine disabled - ) S.E. „ 24 General Motueka Wharf S.W. When lying at wharf the s.s. " Huia " ran C ' E ' SculI yFresh into the stern of the " Koi " and damaged , TT „ „ breeze ( the bulwarks W - Dowe11 - „ 24 „ 28 Huia, s.s., 30 Schooner 69 years Rotoiti, s.s., 10 Schooner 630 years 43 20 General - ) 50 miles S.E. of New Plymouth S.W. Light .. Crank broke, also connecting and piston rod J. Robertson, and other damage Feb. 2 Waihi, s.8., 26 .. 66 years 11 Chaff .. Stranded; £100 Karori Rock, Cook Strait N.W. Fresh .. Cause seems to have been want of care on W. J. Carey, the part of the mate in not keeping proper look-out. He was ordered to pay costs of inquiry Light .. Stripped one blade off propeller .. .. VV. Manning. „ 4 Maori, s.s., 1 Schooner 1433 year Theresa Ward, Ketch .. 8 s.s., 7 years Te Anau, s.s., 29 Schooner 1652 years Arawa, s.s., 1 Schooner 5985 year 120 General Lost propellerblade Loss of propeller Collision ; damage, £20 Collision; damage, £700 16 miles S. of Kaikoura S.E. 1433 98 220 5 8 8 Half-moon Bay, Stewart Island E. Light .. Propeller struck an uncharted rock which C. H. Lovett. stripped the blades I The " Arawa " was lying at wharf with'stern G. N. Lindsay. Moderate projecting beyond end, and was not seen by " Te Anau " until too late to avoid G. Burton. I collision Mar. 4 1652 50 26 26 General 123 Queen's Wharf, Wellington N.E. ., * 6986 I