H.-31.

RETURN of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department from the 1st April, 1892, to the 31st March, 1893.

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Name of Vessel, also Age and Class. Big. j o §3 Number of Nature of Number of Lives lost. 'ind. Date of Casualty. Place where Casualty occurred. Direction. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. Name of Master. ~r 2 Passen<g gers. Cargo. Casualty. Force. Since Dec. 12, 1891. Awarua, 20 years Ketch .. 49 Nil Stranded; total loss Aitutaki Island, South Pacific Gale Vessel was leaking badly, and was surveyea by two master mariners on the 12th December, 1891, and pronounced unseaworthy, many of the planks and timbers being completely rotten. She was anchored in a lagoon and abandoned, it not being safe to remain on board. A gale came on, when the vessel drove ashore, and broke up Casualty caused by gale Mahurangi, 27 years Alpha, s.s., 16 years Stranded; total loss Stranded; total loss Great Barrier Island, Hauraki Gulf. 1J miles north of Waiwera, Aucklana Joseph Silveria. 1892. Jan. 5 Cutter . . 21 o Nil Gale Feb. 1 March 17 April 7 24 Victoria Ny anza, 29 years Gairloch, s.s., 7 years Soukar, 28 years, AI Lloyds Cockerrnouth, 16 years Waipu, 10 years Ketch .. Barque.. Schooner Ship .. 1022 211 1304 36 21 21 26 3 1 23 Logs General General Cement & ballast Wheat .. Collision; slight damage Stranded; partial loss Collision; slight damage Collision; partial loss Loss of life only Lat. 51° 30' N., long. 7° 5'W., North Atlantic Manukau Harbour, near Onehunga Alongside Gladstone Pier, Lyttelton Harbour s.w. Moderate gale Fresh | gale j Vessel left Mahurangi for Auckland, having on board six logs, and having in tow a raft of logs. She was caught in a severe storm when near Waiwera: the waves breaking over her filled the engine-room, put out the fires, and left her helpless Vessel came into collision at night with another vessel, name unknown Vessel struck a rock and broke her port pro-peller-shaft through vessel not steering properly on account of wheel-chains getting jambed The "Soukar," which was moored at the buoys, broke her stern mooring and swung down on the " Cockerrnouth," which was lying at the pier Carl Deng, A.B. and cook, was ordered to fix side-lights, and not returning to his post he was searched for, when it was found that one light had been fixed, but that he and the other light were missing. He is supposed to have overbalanced himself and fell overboard, as a very heavy sea was running at the time Casualty caused by bad weather Andrew Donovan. William Henry Fellows. F i n dlay McArthur. William Pater24 Ship .. 1297 22 N. son. J. Bemington. May 3 Schooner 42 3 Timber.. 1 At sea, off Point Bodney, 30 miles north of Auckland Strong breeze Charles Anderson. • Clyde, 18 years Off Cape Palliser, on voyage from Havelock to Lyttelton John Gibbons. „ 13,14 Schooner S7 Timber.. Deck swept by heavy seas, and bulwarks, boats, &c, damaged Loss of life only ■ S. Storm .. tt 14 Clematis, 8 years Ketch .. 67 Sawn timber 2 Off Cape Campbell, on voyage from Havelock to Lyttelton s.w. Gale .. Vessel was caught in a heavy gale near the Amuri Bluff, and had to run back for shelter; while so doing a heavy sea struck her, and washed two men overboard An apprentice, Henry Dossiter, while aloft, loosing the upper -fore topsail, missed his hold and fell overboard, and was lost. He struck the lower yard and the ship's rail in his descent, and sank as soon as he fell into the water Henry Williams. » 16 Acacia, 21 years Barque.. General Loss of life only 1 About 5 miles south of Cape Saunders, on voyage from Hobart to Dunedin s.w. Squally Thomas Charles Herbert. 233 10