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RETURN of Wrecks and Catualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department, from the 1st April, 1881, to the 31st March, 1882.

Date of Casualty. Name of Vessel, also Age and Class. Rig. "Si a <_) o f_, to Nui iber of Nature of Number Place where Casualty occurred. 'ind. Decision of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. Crew Passengers. Cargo. Casualty .~ Lives Lost. Direction. Force. 1880. Dec. — 1881. Mar. 22 Hettie, 17 years Fore-&-aft schooner Barque... 16 2 Ballast... Stranded; total loss Stranded; total loss Loss of life only Stranded; partial loss Schooner Bay, Great Barrier Island Off Awanui Heads, North Island Off Petane, Napier Vessel driven on to rocks while getting under April 2 „ 11 Janus Clara Anne Milbank, p.s., oi years Cutter ... Schooner 276 10 44 32 6 2 Wale oil General 1 Harnett's Landing, near Morey's Bay, Whangarei Harbour On the bar of the Grey River North Spit, Kaipara Heads N.E. E. Gentle breeze Light ... way The wreck occurred through the master mistaking Awanui Port for Mongonui Man knocked overboard by windlass when getting up anchorMaster did not use the lead or a pole when steaming in a narrow channel and approaching shallow water Tow-rope slipped and vessel went ashore William D. Gifford. Daniel Ferney. William Aubrey. ., 12 Advance, 6 years j. 59 4 Coal ... Stranded; partial loss Stranded; partial loss Light ... John William Nicholson. Michael V. Hurley. „ 14 Wild Wave, 27 years Brig ... 173 8 Timber, saw Tn and dressed General... Calm Wind fell, and strong ebb-tide set vessel into broken water „ 29 Tararua, s.s., 17 years Schooner 563 110 about Stranded; total loss About 130 On the reef off Waipapapa Point, Foveaux Strait W. Light ... The wreck was caused, primarily, through the captain neglecting to ascertain his position when he changed his course from W.S.W. to W., and, immediately, through neglect on the part of the look-out; and the loss of life was caused by the improper use of the boats Vessel touched on her anchor, which knocked a hole in her bottom. She sank, but w ras subsequently raised and repaired Vessel fouled schooner " Circe," and then went ashore Master of " Boojum " ought to have informed himself that fairway was clear before starting, and also to have used a check-rope when leaving the cattle wharf, in accordance with the Harbour Regulations ; if he had done this, he might, when he saw the "Sir Donald," have held on in the eddy until she had passed. If the master of the "Boojum" had starboarded his helm and gone up the stream, he might have avoided the collision altogether. Seaman C. Miller is to blame for not reporting to the master that the " Sir Donald" was coming in. Man washed overboard Francis George Garrard. JJ Piako, s.s., 8i years Foundered; partial loss At Tauranga Lug-sail 8 May 1 Amaranth, 9 years Sir Donald, s.s., 6 years Schooner 51 3 Coal ... Stranded; total loss Collision ; partial loss About five miles north of Timaru flagstaff S.S.E. Strong gale r Colin Campbell. » 7 Ketch ... 29 5 General... John Quinlan. Between the eastern and western boulder banks, Napier Inner Harbour w. I J) JJ 7 U Boojum, s.s., 1 year Venus, 4 years... Cutter ... Ketch ... 19 38 j. Timber ,.. Collision ; partial loss Loss of life only Stranded; partial loss Loss of life only Off Portland Island ... Alfred Dowell. John King. 1 Gale ... 33 18 Spray, 17 years Schooner 50 5 Railway iron Potatoes On bank by Patea Breakwater Off East Cape Island, North Island of New Zealand Moderate breeze Moderate breeze Vessel was being towed in by the s.s. " Patea," when tow-rope parted and she went ashore Sudden jerk of boom knocked a man overboard James Ruxton. « 21 Fanny Thornton, 4 years Ketch ... 80 7 1 W. Peter Webb Pullman.