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

Date of Casualty. Vessel's Name, Age, and Class. Rig. £ S Number of "gg | jPassen-j P.H g ] gers. Cargo. I Nature of Number of Lives lost. I Place where Casualty occurred. Wind. Direc- Force, tion. i Finding of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. Casualty. Z_ ! I ! ! ! • ~ i 1921. July 16 I Daphne, s.s., 15 Schooner 192 14 .. General years ., 17 Corinna, s.s., 40 Schooner 791 33 .. General years „ 17 ■ Ngatiawa, s.s., 15 Schooner 220 22 2 General years ,, 18 Valmarie, 2i vears Schooner 256 11 .. Timber „ 21 Glenelg, s.s., 43 Schooner 156 12 .. General years „ 23 Excelsior, o.e.v., Schooner 6 4 28 years „ 27 Coronation, 19 Ketch ... 58 6 .. Timber years „ 27 Bulli, s.s., 16 years Tug .. 29 2 „ 30 Albatross, s.s., 17 Ferry- 111 4 8 years boat „ 30 Kestrel, 16 years Ferry- 159 4 100 j boat Aug. 4 Onewa, s.s., 11 Cutter .. 31 3 20 General vears 4 Seabird, s.s., 2 .. 6 1.. years I ,, 9 Huanui, 11 years Ketch .. 99 6 .. Cement „ 14 Maggie, 19 years Schooner 20 2 .. Sand .. „ 17 Ngatiawa, s.s., 15 Schooner 220 24 20 General years Sept. 8 Cecilia Sudden, 17 Schooner 545 10 .. Coal years 9 Port Lyttelton, Schooner 4,170 64 .. Genera! s.s., 19 years „ 16 Waikonini, 20 Schooner 23 4 .. General years „ 24 Paroto, s.s., 7 Ketch .. 48 7 .. General years Damaged in gale Collision with wharf; slight damage Broken crank-shaft; damage, £30 Damaged in gale Collision at wharf; trifling damage Damaged hull, £50 Stranded; trifling damage Damaged bulwarks, &c. £50 Collision; no j] damage Collision; slight f damage Collision; no damage Collision; slight damage j J Leaking; slight damage Stranded; damage, £75 Broken piston; slight damage Fire ; total loss .. Collapse of furnace Fire ; damage, £60 Collision with bridge; slight damage Off Tauranga .. N.E. Gale .. Vessel ran into a heavy gale, and a sea break- T. Donovan. ing on board smashed starboard bulwarks Taranaki Street Wharf, N. Light .. Whilst berthing the vessel canted in towards C. Elders. Wellington wharf and struck, damaging some plates Bay of Plenty .. , N.W. Moderate Crank-shaft of port engine carried away, due F. G. Shirley. to an old flaw Lat. 34° S., long. 164° S.S.W. Gale . . Vessel encountered heavy gale which carried J. A. Olsen. 20' E. away bobstay and bowsprit and caused other damages King's Wharf, Auck- .. Calm .. Damaged her stem when going alongside the J. Quin. land wharf through striking the dredge moored there 1 Nelson Wharf, Auck- .. Calm .. : The propeller fouled a line, and in order to E. Hall, land clear it the vessel was placed on the hard, and when the tide fell she settled down on I two old piles which pierced the bottom Bar, AVesthaven .. N.W. Moderate Vessel struck when crossing the bar which ; A. M. G. Taylor. caused her to leak Albert Wharf, .luck- W. Strong The " Bulli " was lying at the wharf when a F. M. Olsen. land Harbour sudden squall caused the " Mahurangi," which was backing out, to bump into her | fC. Williams. Northcote W h a r f, N.W. Light .. Vessels collided when berthing at the wharf <* „- „. , Auckland Harbour j W ' Blsho Pf F. C. Bradney. Hobsonviile Wharf, N.W. Strong When the " Onewa" was berthing she ran <[ T t, r , Auckland into the " Seabird's" bow I ' „ u " n P" bell. Canoe Rock, Auckland | S.S.W. Fresh Vessel had been stranded for six weeks, and T. Stephens. this was the first voyage after repairs had been effected. Owing to the heavy weather the oakum worked out of the seams, causing vessel to leak, and she was towed to port Kennedy Bay, War- W. Light .. Vessel had landed a cargo of sand on beach A. F. Ragg. heke Island and had been floated off at high tide, when the wind suddenly changed and drove her on the rocks Off Ohiwa, Bay of j .. Calm .. ! Port low-pressure piston broke. No cause A. Parris. Plenty apparent Six miles south of Try- .. Light .. The vessel was burnt to the water's edge E. W. Jay. phena, Great Barrier through coal cargo taking fire. Supposed spontaneous combustion iVuckland Harbour .. .. Calm .. The crown of starboard furnace came down F. A. Renaut. through shortage of water in boiler Auckland Harbour .. N. Moderate Fire was discovered about the galley of the E. W. Norton. vessel and was extinguished by the firefloat. Supposed to have been due to defective stove Whangarei Harbour .. E. Strong i Strong wind caused vessel to sheer and strike L. McDonald. bridge carrying away her bowsprit and I headgear ' 220 545 4,170 23 48