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Oct. 1 I I Loch Fergus .. Barque.. 845 18 General Loss of life only 1 Lat. 24° 15' S., long. 26° 45' W. N. Light .. An apprentice, Henry Percy Warren, whilst engaged aloft in making mizentopmast-stay-sail fast, fell on to the deck, and was killed Wind suddenly headed vessel, and caused her to miss stays Eichard Jones. „ 16 Una, 11 months Schooner 44 Sawn timber Stranded ; parti, loss Between Tupetu Point and Old Man Eock, near Hole in the Wall, Auckland Sunken rock off Te Tui, Mercury Bay W.N.W. Squally Charles Johnson. 16 Opotiki, 8 years Ketch .. Maize, hides, & tallow Sawn timber Stranded; total loss W.S.W. Fresh .. Struck on sunken rock Charles Henry Pankow. 34 16 ,i 22 Start, 12 years Cutter .. 27 Stranded ; parti, loss On reef near Kawau (Takatu side), Auckland Ten miles N.W. of Jackson's Head, Cook Strait S.W. Very heavy Casualty caused through vessel missing stays, and anchors being insufficient to hold her George Egern. „ 26 Star of the South, .s., 21 years Schooner 3 General High pressure cylinder & cover & circulating pumpcover broken Stranded; total loss N.W. Light .. Casualty due to breaking of crank brass bolts, metal of which had probably, by change of molecular structure under vibration, become short Charles Hodge. 175 14 „ 26 Jane, 14 years Eock about \ mile W. of Caroline Head, Euapuke Island, Foveaux Strait Lat. 43° 10' S., long. 60° 10' E. When vessel was being put round, she would not stay, and, the anchor dragging before she could be got clear, the tide carried her on to the rock An apprentice, Patrick Joseph O'Keefe, was sent aloft to assist in taking in sail, and was missed from maintopsail-yard. Supposed to have fallen overboard Vessel struck on something hard, which caused her rudder and rudder-post to break short off John McMillan. Cutter .. 25 Ballast. i N.W. Light .. . 28 Loch Fergus .. Barque.. 845 18 General Loss of life only 1 N.E. Gale .. Eichard Jones. „ 31 Go-ahead, s.s., 17 years Schooner 129 12 N.Z. produce Stranded ; loss of rudder and rud-der-post Loss of life only Inner edge of bar, Wanganui Eiver, in line with leading lights W. Moderate Saml. Plumley. Nov. 4 Jasper Barquentine 1 Lat. 39° S., long. 77° 20' E. Gale The mate, Edmund Watts Houghton, washed overboard and drowned while on a voyage from Mauritus to Port Chalmers The vessel, which was on her way from Dunedin to Lyttelton, struck on a rock at 4.30 a.m., and became a total wreck William Stannard. S.W. 6 Clyde, 10 years Barque.. 562 14 4 Sugar .. Stranded; total loss 17 Snuffle Nose, Horseshoe Bay, about 4 miles from Akaroa South Head Close to Ferry Head, Palliser Bay S.E. Gale .. Edward S. Culmer. 7 Golden Isle, 16 years Schooner 78 Ballast.. Stranded; slight damage Stranded; slight damage S.E. Gale .. Vessel driven ashore by force of gale Thomas Sparrow Carmichael. 12 Cygnet, 9 years Cutter .. 20 Grain and timber Inside Pilot Station, Eiverton Harbour N.E. Light .. Vessel attempted to sail in with very little wind, and had to anchor near the bar. Her stern canting to the south on flood-tide, she took the ground Accident probably caused through defective welding Thomas Eodrigues. •• * 21 Mohaka, s.s., 7 years Schooner N.Z. produce Propellershaft damaged Loss of life only Cloudy Bay, 15 miles off Wairau Bar S. Thos. Eckford. 20 * 22 I Beautiful Star, s.s. Schooner 146 17 General Between Shag Point and Moeraki N.E. Strong breeze William Alexander White. 15 1 A passenger, J. Udall, fell overboard and was drowned