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RETURN of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department, from the 1st April, 1880, to the 31st March, 1881.

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Date of Casualty. Name of Vessel; also, Age and Class. _ OS Nm iber of Nature of Number of Lives Lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Win Direction. Wind. nd. Force. Decision of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. Ofa o Passengers. Casualty. Crew Cargo. 1880. April 18 Kakanui, s.s., 1 Schooner 57 1 Grain Stranded; slight damage Crown of furnace fell in Loss of bulwarks, ■&c. Loss of life At entrance to Mafaura River, Middle Island of New Zealand Near Kapiti Island, Cook Strait N.W Gentle breeze Casualty caused by blind rollers, which came in as vessel was crossing the bar Charles Frederick Sundstrom. year „ 22 Manawatu, p.s., 7 years 103 General... Boiler salted up through negligence or carelessness of engineer, John Symons. His certificate suspended for three months Heavy sea struck the vessel and carried away the bulwarks, &c. Peter Doile. „ 24 Anna Bella, 11 years Barque ... 334 11 Copra, tallow, kerosene shale General... Lat. 48° 10' S. ; long. 175° 35' E. I S.W Whole gale James Innes. „ 29 Pareora, 25 years Ship ... 879 1 I Lat. 11° 10' S.; long. 26° 50' W Unknown Moderate breeze Apprentice fell overboard and was drowned ... Robert Power. TJnkn'wn Acadia, 5i years Schooner 53 5 3 Ballast ... Unknown Supposed 8; all hands Vessel left Hawke's Bay for Auckland on the 9th March, 1880, and has not been heard of since Three heavy seas struck the vessel while she was on the bar and drove her on to the beach Duncan McDonald. Norman McKenzie. May 4 XTnkn'wn Kina, s.s., 3_ years Ketch ... Schooner 39 29 5 2 Wool, kauri gum, &c. Ballast ... Stranded; slight damage Supposed foundered; total loss Supposed 7; all hands On beach outside bar of Waiapu River, 14 miles from Whangarei Supposed in Cook Strait N.E. TJnkno Strong breeze Colleen Bawn, 18 3! (supposed) wn Vessel left Wellington for Havelock on the 1st May, 1880, and has not been heard of since. She is supposed to have foundered in a gale on the 6th May Vessel struck on rock as she had not sufficient sail to stay her in the baffling wind Louis Pike. years „ 7 Forest Queen, 10 years Ketch ... Schooner 51 Railway carriages, telegraph material Drain pipes Ballast... Stranded; partial loss On inner rock in inner passage at Jackson Head S.toS.E. N.E. Strong gale Strong gale John Botham. George William Conway, Philip James Hawken. John Black. f Columbia, 8 \ years Ijohn Bull, 20 (. years Loch Dee, 9 years, Al Grafton, s.s., 26 years 46 8 Collision ; partial loss Collision ; partial loss Loss of life In Auckland Harbour The "John Bull" did not let go a second anchor in time „ 10 Barque... 484 11 Feb.9,14, May 11 May 12 tt Schooner 700 242 17 22 21 8 General... Coal ... Stranded; slight damage Stranded ; partial loss Collision; slight Collision; partial loss Supposed capsized ; total loss Stranded ; partial loss 3 On voyage from London to Auckland On bar of the Buller River If Light Insufficient water on the bar Henry Johnson. „ 14 Telegraph, 4 years ( Rotorua, s.s., 4 \ years, 100 Al 1 Clematis, 8 (. years Anna, 5 years ... n 39 4 Drainpipes General... North Spit of Waitara River 4 miles north-east of Godley Head Westerly Moderate Tow-line parted ... Edward Keane. „ 18 it 576 39 42 E. Gentle breeze " Rotorua " overtook the " Clematis " and ran into her James Tozer. Ketch ... 67 5 Potatoes Peter Johnson. „ 20 » 27 3 General... Supposed 3; all hands Tessel picked up bottom upwards at entrance to Bluff Harbour West Head, Port William, Stewart Island Stephen Tall. „ 21 Transport, 15 years Brig ... Timber... S. Light air Command of vessel lost on account of wind falling as she was going through channel between West Head and foul ground James Matthews. 307 10 ...