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Return of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department from the 1st April, 1908, to the 31st March, 1909.

Datb of Vessel's Name, Age, Casualty, i and Class. ■3 g 1 Number of Number of | Passe'iu gers. 1 Cargo. Nature of Natu ire of Casualty. [ Number of Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurrei Wind. Finding of Courj of Inquiry Name of Master. 50 H Jo Direc- j tion. j Force. 1907. Dec. 7 1908. Jan. 23 Feb. 18 Mar. 6 LordS tanley, s.s., 5 years Tasman, s.s., 5 years Manapouri, s.s., 26 years Alexander Craig, 17 years Schooner Schooner Schooner Barque 3057 87 1288 520 13 52 14 4 General Fire; trifling damage General Broken shaft General Breakdown of machinery Produce; Topgallant damages, mast carried £50 away Ballast.. Collision ; no . Coal .. : Collision ; total loss General General General Produce ; damages, £50 Ballast.. 1 Wharf, Wellington .. Off (.'ape Terawhiti .. Off North Head, Auckland Harbour Lat. 33-5 S., Long. 17 1-54 E. Auckland Harbour .. Calm E.N.E. Gale Fire in No. 1 lower hold ; cause unknown .. A flaw in the tail-shaft caused it to break Main engine reversing. gear bracket carried away During a heavy gale the topgallant mast was wrenched off the main topmast, carrying away some of the rigging If master of " Moonah " had continued on his course the collision would not have occurred. In porting his helm and bringing his vessel suddenly to starboard across the " Wairuna's " bow he committed a breach of Article 21, and is solely responsible for the collision. Certificate of master of " Moonah " suspended for six months, and he was ordered to pay costs of inquiry Vessel ran ashore in thick weather F. W. Cox. G. H.Lacy. Alexander Campbell. „ 10 Wairuna, s.s., 3 years Schooner 2530 James Robinson. Moonah, 6 years N.E. Mode- 1 rate „ 10 Ketch .. 83 Fresh .. Joseph Silveira. A. Noel. „ 13 President Felix Faure Eunice, 6 years French 2651 22 Nickel-ore Stranded; total loss Coal and Stranded; no produce damage Produce Stranded; no damage General Stranded ; trifling damage Collision; no \ damage Collision ; total i loss General Stranded ; partial loss 1 4 North Cape, Main Island, Antipodes Half-moon Bay, Pelorus Sound Patea Bar Davis Point, Campbell Island, South Pacific Pulling Point, Otago Harbour Buller Roads, 500 yds. off west Mole N.N.W. .pril 7 Scow .. j | 171 8 S.E. Fresh .. Vessel missed stays and drifted ashore J. H. Nelson. „ 12 Kiripaka, s.s., 14 years Jessie Niccol, 36 years Lady Roberts, s.s., 6 years Ketch .. | ! 75 11 N.W. Light .. Stranded when crossing bar, but got off uninjured Wind suddenly failed, and vessel missed stays and touched slightly on rocks The collision was solely due to an error of judgment on the part of Joseph Coddoi, the master of the " Matakana," who suddenly ported his helm and went astarboard, thus running right across the bows of the " Lady Roberts," when it was too late to avoid a collision Casualty was due to negligent navigation on the part of the master, whose certificate was suspended for three months, and he was ordered to pay costs of inquiry G. T. Dixon. „ 14 Schooner 93 8 W.N.W. Light .. W. J. McBride. „ 18 Schooner 37 7 Light -, H. Cashman. Matakana Oil-launch Calm Joseph Coddoi. 18 3 1 13 Calm 23 Taviuni, s.s., 18 years Schooner 910 31 4 General I C. Brophy. lay 2 Tasman, s.s., 5 years Weathers field, 43 years Takapuna, s.s., 25 years Schooner General General Collision; tri- 1 fling damage Timber Collision; no I I loss General Collision with wharf ; slight damages Timber Stranded ; total loss Nelson Harbour Wharf, Wellington .. 15 miles S.E. by S. of Kaipara Lighthouse ( 1 F. W. Cox. F. Holm. 87 13 4 Collision due to a wrongly executed order in the engine-room 2 Barque 1047 j Timber Calm 6 Schooner 472 ; 38 21 General S.E. Strong.. I Struck the wharf owing to the steering-gear ] failing to act C. McLean. Warkworth 34 years Cutter .. 25 Timber S.W. Gale .. Shipped heavy seas, which broke main boom, carried away port chain-plates, and sent mast over the side. Vessel thereupon drifted ashore high and dry at low water John Brown. 7