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

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Date of Name of Vessel, Casualty. Age a^ s ° CIass . Big. n Number of Nature of Number Place where Casualty occurred. Wind. I Cargo. Casualty. Lives Lost. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. Name of Master. Passengers. Direction. Force. 1887. 'eb. 5 Awarua, s.s., 3 years, 100 Al Lloyd's Midge, 33 years Schooner 100 Ballast.. Collision with wharf ; partial loss Stranded; total loss Alongside wharf, Bluff Harbour Heavy gale caused vessel to be considerably damaged alongside wharf N. ■ Gale .. Albert Tyson. 6 Cutter .. 17 Timber.. Outermost point of Boulder Bank, entrance to Nelson Earbour Inside bar of Opotiki River Waikaka Beach, Waiapu, near Gisborne About 25 miles N.N.W. of Cape Farewell N.E. Strong breeze Charles McLean. Casualty caused through master not keeping leading lights in line Chelmsford, s.s., 1 year Mercury, 1C yrs. Schooner General Stranded; partial loss Stranded; partial loss Foundered ; total loss Variable Light .. Vessel struck when entering river John Cowper. 8 70 <J 10 „ 12 Cutter .. 30 3 Timber.. S. Vessel dragged her anchors and went ashore.. Anders Pedorson. . 28 Hauraki, s.s., 13 years Schooner 59 10 Coal .. N.W. Fresh .. Vessel foundered through having sprung a leak, the cause of which there was no evidence to show Vessel went ashore owing to some of her gear giving way and disabling one of the men Edward John Harvey. ifarch 17 Wangarei, 21 years Cutter .. 31 Ballast.. Stranded; total loss Between Flat Island and Great Barrier, Hauraki Gulf W. to S.W. Peter Peterson.