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ov. 3 Invercargill, 15 years, A 1 Lloyds up encral Loss of life only Lat. 43° 32' S., long. S. 124° 55' E., on voyage from London to Auckland The second mate, Thomas William Brown, who bad charge of the decks, went forward to take in port side-light, two of the hands having refused to do so when ordered, on the ground that weather was too bad. In attempting to do this, he was washed overboard and drowned Windlass carried away when getting under weigh, cable then ran out to end, and had to be cut to enable steamer to get to sea John Sluir. Nairnshire, s.s., 1 year, 100 Al Loss of anchor and chain Foveaux Strait, usual W.S.W. anchorage between Bluff Harbour and Dog Island Near Antipodes Island, South Pacific Peter Wallace. 19 Brig .. :2428 62 Waterballast Gale .. 19 Beltana, 20 years, A 1 Lloyds Peru, 13 years, Al Lloyds I Barque.. 741 31 Wool .. Fire on board; partial loss Spontaneous combustion of greasy wool Henry Wright. 21 Barque.. 683 15 Ballast.. Stranded; partial loss Silloth Rocks, Barrier S.E. by Reef, on voyage from S. Queensland to Gisborne Sloderate breeze Slaster should not have left deck when vessel was so close to land. Chief mate was guilty of grave negligence in not acting when sailmaker reported land right ahead. Slaster was ordered to pay costs of inquiry Slaster of " Rotorua " was guilty of grave negligence in driving vessel at speed of 11 knots an hour in a dense fog. He was censured, and ordered to pay costs of inquiry William Beaton Orr. Rotorua, s.s., 13 Schooner General Collision ; partial loss Collision; partial loss Calm, foggy I Robert Heddleston Neville. Geo. SIcDonald. Dec. 7 7 years Orawaiti, s.s., 6 years Schooner 576 238 II 18 75 General ' About 6 miles off Kaikoura Peninsula 1890. Jan. 5 Arawa, s.s., 5 years Barque, f o u rmasted 3268 General Fire on board; slight damage Queen's Wharf, Wellington Calm .. Fire discovered in engineer's store-room about 1.15 a.m., and was extinguished by crew in about a quarter of an hour. Damage done was destruction of bulkhead dividing storeroom workshop and its contents, consisting of oil, lampwicks, packing, &c. Origin of • fire unknown An A.B. named J. E. Petersen, while engaged in setting up foretop-gallant stay, the jibboom having carried away in a gale on the 5th January, fell overboard and was drowned Slaster showed want of judgment in not allowing sufficiently for the effect of the heavy sea and wind on a light ship, which brought him inside the course he was steering. He was ordered to pay costs of inquiry Vessel missed stays while being put on port tack in beating into harbour, and touched the tail of shoal John Stuart. Peri, 22 years Ship .. Loss of life only Lat. 46° S., long. 19° E. John Waltei Steel. 13 896 General 1 Sloderate 16 Dingadee, s.s., 2 years Schooner 393 20 Stranded; partial loss Off Stripe Point, West S.W. Coast, South Island S.W. Strong breeze Duncan Downie. 18 J. W. Parker, 16 years, United States of America Splendid, 55 yrs. Brig'ntine 361 Ballast.. Stranded; no damage Shoal south of Ward N.W. Island, Wellington Harbour N.W. Fresh breeze John Warren Kane Feb. 7 Barque.. 358 10 Stranded; total loss .\breast Port Albert Wharf, Kaipara Harbour Gentle breeze Vessel grounded on river-bank, which caused her to strain and leak badly, and when she was afterwards beached to get at leak she collapsed A passenger who gave the name of Wright was found missing when tickets were being collected on nearing Wellington. He is supposed to have jumped overboard during the night Harold Dillner. 18 Rotorua, s.s., 13 years Schooner 576 11 General Loss of life only; supposed suicide 1 On voyage from Lyttel- N.W. ton to Wellington N.W. Light .. Robert Heddleston Neville.