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RETURN of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department, &c.— continued.

Date of Casualty. Name of Vessel, also Age and Class. Big. ■I a SB Num ier of Nature of Number Lives Lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Wind. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. Same of Master. o Passon-i gors. I Cargo. Casualty. Direction. Force. 1886. Aug. 25 Day's Bay, 4J years Cutter .. 19 Ballast.. Stranded; total loss Reef at N.W. end of Ward Island, Port Nicholson West entrance, Foveaux Strait S.E. GaJe .. Vessel caught by gale |when too close inshore to get away Andrew McGregor. 25 Victoria, 26 yrs. Barque.. 305 Timber.. Damage to bulwarks and two boats stove in Stranded; partial loss Capsized and stranded; total loss Gale .. Casualty caused by force of gale .. John Simmins. Sept. 12 Start Cutter .. 27 3 Shingle Chamberlin's Island, Hauraki Gulf NearWaikokopn, Mahia, Hawke's Bay ■ N.E. Gale .. Casualty caused through anchors coming home Peter Brown. 21 Cleopatra, 19 years Schooner 83 6 Timber.. 6 (allh'nds) Gale .. Vessel discovered bottom up, completely wreckecl, on rocks. Supposed to have capsized at sea during heavy gale, and all hands lost Casualty caused through man at the wheel going to sleep, and leaving vessel to take her own course Vessel was running into port for shelter in the darkness, and master did not take soundings to verify his position Chain parted, and vessel went ashore Charles Heilemeyer. 23 Ruby, s.s., 10 years Schooner 32 G eneral Stranded; partial loss North end of Rangitoto Island, Hauraki Gulf Calm .. Michael Lennon. 24 Maid of Otago, 16 years Schooner 50 G eneral Stranded; total loss Howell'sRocks, Starling Point, Bluff Harbour S.E. Fresh breeze John Eraser. 24 Kekeno, 7 years Schooner 37 Ballast.. Stranded; partial loss Midway between Bluff Wharf and Starling Point, Bluff Harbour Beef Barrels, entrance to French Pass S.S.E. Moderate breeze James Brown Greig. 30 Lyttelton, s.s., 27 years Schooner 86 11 1 Coal Stranded; total loss S.E. Light .. Wreck did not appear to have been caused by want of care or seamanship on the part of the master or other officer Casualty caused through wind suddenly falling George Forbes. 30 Clyde, 18 years Ketch .. 41 3 Ballast.. Stranded; total loss Scuttled, abandoned; total loss Stranded; total loss Stranded; total loss Central Island, entrance to Croixelles Harbour Port Macquarrie, New South Wales N.E. Light .. Peter Curran. Sovereign of the Seas, 20 years Ketch .. 31 2 1 Stores .. Master and accomplice ran away with vessel, after committing a murder on the Great Barrier Island, New Zealand Strong tide set vessel on to rocks John Cafirey. Oct. 1 Rapido Barque.. 299 51 General Cambridge Gulf, Western Australia North end of reef at Cape Campbell A. L. Edgar. 2 Jannett, 17 yrs. Ketch .. 41 4 Timber.. S.E. Fresh breeze Loss of vessel caused hy carelessness of master. Court suspended his certificate for three months, and ordered him to pay costs of inquiry Master mistook a fire lighted by Natives for a light usually burnt at night in Mr. Field's house when a steamer is expected to call, and approached the land without sufficient caution. His certificate was suspended for one month, and ho was ordered to pay costs of inquiry Casualty caused by reckless navigation of master. Master's certificate was cancelled, and he was ordered to pay costs of inquiry John Oscar Berg. Schooner General Stranded; partial loss South-east end of Long Point, Kapiti Island, Cook Strait N.W. Breeze .. James William Grant Fraser. 23 Jane Douglas, s.s., 11 years 75 13 Tui, s.s., 11 yrs. Stranded; total loss Reef about quarter of a mile north of Pencarrow Head Lighthouse, Port Nicholson Charles Quintin Pope. Nov. 1 Schooner 55 12 General N.N.E. Gale