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ict. 9 Echo, 2 months Carnatio, 8 years, Al 16 years Frank Guy, 2 months Schooner Ship 27 871 3 32 361 Maize General Stranded ; partial loss Loss of life 2 Awanui, Province of Auckland Lat. 49° 19' N., Long. 5° 19' W. S.S.E. w. Gale Strong breeze Force of gale caused anchor to break Men fell from aloft, and were so injured that they both died in a little over an hour Master did not take sufBeient pains to ascertain his true position when running in for an anchorage. Master and mate warned to be more cautious in future Loss caused by default of master, neglecting whils nearing land in dense fog, to heavo lead often enough, and continuing voyage at too great speed. Mate, William Cormack, blamed for increasing speed without order. Master's certificate suspended for six months, and mate's for three Supposed to have been driven ashore by force of gale Thomas Parker. William Chapman >) 15 Barquentine About 200 9 Timber Stranded ; partial loss Waikanae Beach, West Coast, Cook Strait N.E. Light breeze Edwin Cain. Bruce, s.s., 1 year, Al 90 at Lloyd's Schooner 12 General Stranded; tolal loss A quarter of a mile S. of Taiaroa Head, Otago Calm Frederick Jones. „ 16 205 21 Tawera, 12 years About 14 miles N. of Kaipara, Auckland Eobert Church. » Blonde, new j) Cutter About 14 55 5 2 Ballast Coal Not known; supposed stranded ; total loss Supposed foundered; total loss Stranded ; partial loss Supposed 5 (all hands) Supposed 2 (all hands) Off the Alderman rocks, East Coast of North Island Hauarahi Point, Hauraki Gulf, Auckland Lat. 34° 12' S., Long. 153° 44' E. Not known >) C. Kemp. „ 16 Mary, 23 years Schooner 22 2 Ballast S. Light John Olsan. „ 21 Hero, s.8., 15 years, Al at Lloyd's Star of G-ermany, 3i years, Al, 100 Kennedy, s.s., 10 years Barque 851 37 50 General Damaged in gale, and loss of life Loss of life 1 }) Gale No blame attached to officers Thomas Logan. „ 24 Ship 1284 22 40 it 1 Lat. 43° 6' S., Long. 38° 42' E. W. Strong gale Hugh Wilson. „ 28 Schooner 136 18 25 ■i Stranded ; partial loss On the Bar, South side of Karamca Kiver, Nelson About 4 cables off sunken rock, Tairua Harbour N.W. extremity of Motutapu Island, Auckland Tairua Bar, Auckland Near Akaroa Heads Variable Strong breeze Stranding caused by beacons being outofplaee. No blame to master William Conway. „ 31 Brunette, 1-& years. Cutter 18 3 Timber Stranded; total loss \ N.W. Baffling Baffling winds under high land canted vessel towards rocks, and a heavy sea drove lier on shore Error of judgment on part of master, defactive condition of some of running gear and sails Casualty caused by sudden shifting of wind Capsized in a squall William Sinamon. ov. 3 Prince Rupert, 4 years Schooner 60 5 Coal Stranded ; partial loss }> Gale Thomas Short. » 8 Glance, 9 years Glimpse, 11 years Commissary, 7 years, Al 15 years at Lloyd's Clematis, 3 years Mercury, 4J years Cutter 19 2 2 Ballast jj N.N.W. to W. Strong, shifting Joseph Allan. „ 10 Ketch 38 4 Timber Capsized; partial loss Loss of life Squally Alex. Shepherd. „ 22 Ship 900 27 3S General 2 Lat. 45° 50' S., Long. 101° 20' E. William Hunter. „ 29 Ketch 67 6 Ballast } Collision; partial loss About 6 miles west of Mercury Island S.S.E. Moderate breeze Collision caused by wrongful act \ of man in charge of Mercury 1 Charles Moller. » a Cutter 30 3 John Megerney.