29

H.--1.0

April 23 Colleen Bawn, 17 years Mohaka, s.s., 1} years Schooner 28 3 Iron ' Stranded; partial loss General I Stranded; part of false keel carried away „ Stranded; no damage Copra Stranded; partial loss On Otaki River, on the bar : Entrance to Mohaka ■ River, Hawke's Bay S.E. to S.W. N.W. Ligh Not enough water on bar for vessel Andrew Lillyblad. „ 26 Cutter 20 4 5 jj Sea carried vessel on to beach Henry Anderson. H May 20 Rangatira, s.s., 16 years Fa'i'-lie, 14 years Schooner On bar of Wanganui River Entrance to Lagoon Apamama, Kingsmill Group Kaiau, four miles north of Tologa Bay, East Coast, North Island Kaikoura Harbour ... Lat. 46" 40' S., long. 163° 23' E. Norlh Spit of the Hokitika River j Omaha Bay Charles Evans. M „ 22 u 186 177 22 8 21 ... E. Strong breeze Insufficient water on the bar. Vessel was coming iu according to signals Grounded on coral patch when beating into harbour Frederick Ohlson. __! ll -o Nor val, 2 years 56 3 Ballast , Stranded ; ' part ial loss E.N.E. Gale Heavy gale and sea caused vessel to part cable and drift ashore George William Conway. „ 27 Shepherdess, 37 veara Red Gauntlet, 15 years, Al Lloyd's Kennedy, s.s., 14 years Phoenix, 2 years Lake Erie, 6 years Pearl, 15 years Waipara, s.s., 16 years Huia, s.s., about a year r Rialto, (. Sumner Topsail schooner Ship Timber Stranded ; partial loss General Loss of SAY. Fresh breeze Casualty caused by bad condition of the harbour moorings Mainyard, mainmast cap, and al! above carried away Signals made too early for tide Thomas Herbert JohnBilby. Robert Bowie. 30 3 „ 30 t,073 I 26 13 N.N.W. W rhole gale „ 31 June 4 jj o „ 8 Schooner Cutter Schooner Ketch 136 i 29 ; 27 : 34 17 3 4 4 ! 7 spars ,, Stranded; partial loss Timber Stranded ; tolal loss „ Stranded ; total loss Coal Stranded; total loss Grain Stranded; partial loss General Stranded; partial loss Coal Collision ■ Anderson's Cove, close to Bream Tail Kini Kini, Long Point Hawke's Bay On the bar at the entrance Grey River South Spit, Munawafu River Lyttelton Harbour ... i J E.N.E. N.N.E. S.E. S.W. Moderate breeze Gale Blowing hard Heavy gale Vessel abandoned in a very leaky stale, and afterwards driven ashore by gale Vessel sprung a leak, and had to be run ashore to save life Casualty caused by parting of one of the cables Vessel struck on a hard substance, supposed to bo a piece of rock Insufficient water on the bar Thomas Whitwell. Peter Stromberg. Henry Hanly. Henry Hardwick. „ 13 Schooner i 7o 9 5 Calm George W 7iiliam Biguell. James Wills. „ 14 11 j 90 14 N.W. Light „ 16 Barque 1,166 21 Fine and clear Hopper barge "Sumner" did not give "Bialto " a wide enough berth John Charles Williamson. John Wood. „ 20 Annie, 8 months Hopperbarge Cutter 42 4 ji jj Blasting Stranded; powder and partial loss drainpipes Bailway Stranded; iron and total loss wire Wool and Stranded ; tallow no damage Coal and Stranded ; timber partial '. .ss General Loss of life ] 1 1 ji j First, South Spit ; afterwards, North Head, Wanganui At the moulhOamaru Creek, on the beach, Oamaru South Spit of entrance Wanganui River Gollon's Bay, Lyttelton Harbour Lat, 39° 7' S., long. 168° 50' E. I Lat. 44° 30' S., long. j 53° 50' E. About 15 miles from j Oamaru, which bore | W.S.W. S.S.E. ji Strong breeze Master attempted to come in when there was not sufficient wafer on the bar, in defiance of signals Vessel dragged her anchor and became unmanageable in heavy sea John Robson Charlton. „ 20 Franklin Belle, 5 years Ketch 30 3 3 S.S.W. Strong Henry Matheson. „ 20 Patea, s.s., 4 months Bells, 12 years Wakatipu, s.s., 3 years Dochra, 2 years Gloria, 10 years, Al Lloyd's Schooner 50 11 11 4 S.E. by S. Squally Master wrongly estimated his distance from Castle Cliff, night being dark Heavy gale caused vessel to drift on rock William John Gibbons. Isaac B. Burch. ,. 21 Barque 341 10 10 I i S.W. Whole gale 09 jj -- Schooner 1,158 Heavy ga'e W. A. Grant, mess-room steward, washed overboard in heavy sea Ordinary seaman, William Connor, fell overboard An unknown steamer collided with the " Gloria " Edward Wheeler. „ 25 Barque 966 24 24 23 Hinton Spalding. .. 27 Barque 735 17 17 Wheat Collision; slight damage N.E. Moderate breeze James Mercer Lawson.