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Date of Vessel's Name, Casualty. A S e , and class - eo aa Number of Nature of Number of Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurrei Wind. Finding of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. h H - O PassenQ gers. Cargo. Casualty. Direction. Force. 1908. Oct. 29 „ 30 Jane Gifford, 1 year Hawea, s.s., 11 years Ketch .. Schooner 20 1114 3 27 Bricks .. Timber Stranded; trifling damage Stranded; total loss Off Kauri Point, Auckland Harbour Mouth of Grey River w.s.w. S.W. Moderate Master mistook his position on dark night when beacons not visible Light .. The stranding was caused by an exceptionally heavy roller striking the vessel on the port bow, causing her to touch bottom on the inner bar and lose steerage-way. She was then unable to regain her position, and drifted bodily to the north tip and stranded Breeze Stranded when crossing the bar, but got off uninjured Stranded when crossing the bar, but got off uninjured Hurricane A heavy sea broke on board and damaged the starboard bulwarks and staunchions | j The launches were lying alongside the wharf, -j I and were both found to be on fire at 4 a.m. ( j The engines and boilers only were saved Strong ! The loss of the vessel was caused by the negligent navigation of the master in hugging the land and attempting to pass between Flat Rock and Kawau Island whilst a strong wind, almost a gale, was blowing from the north-east, with a heavy sea and very thick weather Gale .. The master and officers were considered free from all blame f< r the stranding of the vessel Moderate Port tail-shaft broke off at outer end of sternvalve ; cause unknown Fresh Stranding due to silting-up of channel breeze I E. S. Chatfield. J. W. Burgess. Kapiti, s.s., 6 years Mana, s.s., 22 years Carraciolo, 32 years Stranded; no damage Stranded; no damage Damaged bulwarks Patea Bar G. B. Corby. Nov. 1 Schooner 114 12 General s. „ 2 Schooner 77 10 General Patea Bar T. M. Jackson. 5 Barque 1355 17 Tiles .. 140 miles S. of Tasmania W.N.W. J. B. Woden. „ 9 „ 9 Planet, 30 years Matara, 5 years Launch Launch 13 13 Burnt Burnt I At wharf, Foxton Dec. 14 Kia Ora, 5 years Schooner 69 4 Timber Stranded ; total loss 3 Nelson Rook, Kawau Island N.E. Edward Piercy. ., 15 Stranded; total loss Broken shaft Bar, Wanganui River Edward Graham „ 16 Charles Edward, s.s., 45 years Arahura, s.s., 3 years Kapiti, s.s., 6 years Ururoa, 9 years Schooner Schooner Schooner 145 771 114 12 48 12 184 Coal .. Coal .. General Stranded; no damage Stranded; total loss 64 miles N. of Westport Patea Bar s. N.E. N. Gale .. Moderate Fresh breeze Gale .. G. Lambert. G. B. Corby. „ 17 „ 18 Scow .. j 196 9 Coal .. 3 miles off Wanganui Bar W.S.W. Dreeze j Gale .. ; The vessel was stranded in consequence negligence of the master, whose certificate was suspended for three months Light .. | Stranding due to insufficiency of water C. J. Harris. „ 20 Tangaroa, s.s., 9 years Ngatiawa, s.s., 2 years Daldorch, s.s., 1 year Ketch .. 110 7 20 General Stranded; no damage Stranded; no damage Stranded; no damage Bar of Wairoa^River, Hawke's Bay Opotiki Bar N.E. Light .. H. Anderson. Dec. 30 Schooner 220 22 General 1 N.N.W. Fresh Due to insufficient depth of water on bar .. breeze Fresh breeze Light .. P. A. Stein. .. 31 Schooner 3031 36 General Auckland Harbour .. N. breeze Light .. The master mistook the channel-marks when leaving Auckland Harbour, and vessel grounded on a mud- bank when trying to get back into proper channel C. M. Pearson. 1909. Jan. 2 Waimarie, s.s., 12 years Schooner Fire; damage, £130 At No. 3 Jetty, Auckland W. Bettes. 159 18 Fire occurred in pantry and spread to dininghall