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RETURN of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department, from the 1st April, 1883, to the 31st March, 1884.

Number of Nature of Number of Lives Lost. 'ind. Date of Casualty. Name of Vessel, alBO Ago and Class. |1 | PassenPlace where Casualty occurret Decision of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. Cargo. Casualty. Direction. Force. I 1882. Oct. 18 Coronet, 11 years Schooner Stranded; total loss N.E. extreme of Astrolabe Reef, between Kadavu and Viti Levu, Fiji Atlantic Ocean 95 Copra .. E.N.E. Strong gale Strong current carried vessel on to reef Horatio Charnock Hayward, 1883. Jan. 10 I Ship .. General cargo Yards carried away, damage £72 Supposed capsized; total loss Fore-yard and maintopsail - j'ard parted in slings in a violent squall Daniel Berry. Eokeby Hall, 20 years, AaI at Lloyd's Hannah Barratt, 10 years 1044 24 30 Supposed April 2 Schooner 57 Ballast.. Supposed 4; all hands Supposed off Terawhiti, New Zealand S.E. Heavy gale After vessel left Wellington a heavy S.E. gale sprang up, and, as she has not since been seen, and various articles belonging to her have been picked up, she is supposed to have been lost with all hands In taking the bar Captain Williams committed an error of judgment in following so closely the s.s. " Tui," which was in charge of the pilot. He was ordered to pay the, costs of the inquiry, £i 17s. No blame attached to pilot or any person concerned in removal of vessel Casualty caused by master keeping too close to shore off Okura Point through mistaking inner for outer headland. Master ordered to pay costs of inquiry Vessel left Greymouth for Melbourne on 10th April, 1883, and has not since been heard of Frederick W. S. Renner. April 5 ■ 6 Tui, s.s., 6 years 0 55 General Collision; partial loss Light ■ Charles Quentin Pope. Kennedy, s.s., 18 years Johann Adolph, 1 year City of Cork, s.s., 6 years H 135 14 10 11 Close to outer edge of bar, Wanganui River S.E. P 310 10 9 Colonial produce Ballast .. Collision; no damage Stranded; partial loss Ditto .. Pier Heads, entrance of Napier Harbour Okura Reef, Okura Bay, near the Wade, New Zealand Calm .. Edward Stafford Williams. Edward Wiess. . 18 42 3 David John Jackson. Adieu, 13 years Brigantine Coal .. Supposed foundered; total loss Loss of life only Supposed 7 ; all hands 1 Supposed mid - ocean, between Greymouth and Melbourne Throe or four miles N. of Terawhiti on voyage from Wellington to Wanganui End of protective works, mouth of Hokitika River Joseph Hayton Rice. 174 May 2 Huia, s.s., 5 years Schooner General S. Strong .. A passenger, James Monro Bertram, fell overboard in a rough sea and was drowned Richard Bernman. m 2 Murray, s.s., 24 years » 78 10 Stranded; no damage s.w. Light .. Stranding caused through vessel's keel touching a bank in channel and remaining fast until she swung against end of protective works The mate, Alexander Murphy, fell overboard and was drowned. Supposed to have tripped over a passenger lying on the deck Master was guilty of great carelessness —1st. In giving a course S. J E. by both compasses without having previously compared the two. 2nd. In not examining and laying off the vessel's position on the chart when land was observed on the starboard bow. 3rd. In not examining the log to ascertain distance run, when he saw red light, before altering William Ralph Scott. ■ 9 Huia, s.s., 5 years it Loss of life only 1 On voyage from Wanganui to Wellington Calm .. Richard Berriman. n 9 Hawea, e.s. 462 Stranded; slight damage Entrance to Waitara River - .. Francis Holmes. 31 rt