a—is.

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

Approximate Cost of Paper.— Preparation, not given; printing (1,650 copies), £37 6s. Oa.

By Authority: John Maokat, Government Printer, Wellington.— 1898. Price 9el]

24

Date of Casualty. Name of Vessel, also Age and Class. Big. Number of Nature of Number Place where Casualty occurred. Wind. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. o [Passengers. Cargo. Casualty. Lives lost. Direction. Name of Master. Force. 1898. . 29 4 My, 3.B., 26 years Schooner 23 General Collision; slight damage Fresh breeze The " Wairoa " ran against the "Lily" while the latter was lying at the wharf. Casualty caused through the narrow and shallow water at the approach to the wharf, with the strong wind blowing across the " Wairoa's " bow while her heel was aground The loss of the "Waitemata" was owing to her being run down by the " Stella," which collision was caused by the negligent navigation of the master of the " Stella," who was drunk at the time, and whose certificate was ordered to be cancelled. Casualty caused by bar having silted up with westerly galea. Fire broke out in stokehole, supposed to be caused by the lining being too close to the boilers. Nothing could have been done to prevent the collision. The pilot in charge of the " Buteshire " stopped the engines, but it would not have been prudent to go astern in such narrow water and ebb tide. A small hole, 2Jin. by Jin., found about 8 or 10 feet from the stern-post on port side, but how caused is not known. Vessel caught fire while lying at wharf loading for London. Fire supposed to be caused by spontaneous combustion in flax. Vessel touched lightly on sandy bottom on approaching elbow of Farewell Spit. Master misjudged distance from shore when he altered vessel's course. Mouth of river is supposed to have silted up. /Charles Scully. . 29 Wairoa, s.s., 14 years Stella, s.s., 22 years Ketch .. 48 General Collision; slight damage Collision; slight damage At Wharf, Motueka, Nelson N.E. Prank Perry Ricketts. /Robert Kennedy. 6 - Feb. 1 Schooner 157 11 Nil "I About 4 miles S. by W. from Tiri Tiri lighthouse, Hauraki Gulf Moderate breeze 1 Waitemata, 23 years Barquentine 365 10 Coal .. Collision; total loss - S.W. j Frederick Ferdinand Nils- . 2 Stormbird, s.s., 44 years Manaroa, s.s., 11 years Schooner 137 13 9 General Stranded; partial loss Fire on board; slight damage / Bar of Wanganui River S.E. Gale .. V son. John George Gilberston. Peter Molntyre. 8 Ketch .. 77 11 General Wellington Harbour . 16 - Buteshire, s.s. ,4 years, 100 Al Lloyd's Gratitude, 10 years Invereargill,s.s., 14 years Schooner 3636 60 1 General Collision; no damage :| Narrowest part of entrance to Bluff Harbour Light .. John Cuthbert. Neil McDonald. George Alfred Marks. „ 16 Ketch .. 114 7 Coal .. Collision; partial loss Sprung a leak E. . 25 Schooner 123 11 13 General On voyage from Inveroargill to Preservation Inlet Victoria Wharf, Dunedin W. Gale .. Mar. 4 Canterbury, 23 years Ship .. 1245 27 Wool and flax Fire on board; partial loss Andrew Culbert. „ 10 Bosamond, s.s., 14 years Schooner 462 20 Timber Stranded; no damage J to 2 miles west of Farewell Spit S.E. Light .. Alexander Sutherland. . 15 Nautilus, s.s., 12 years Schooner General Stranded; slight damage Mouth of Karamea River W.N.W. Light .. Robert Johnson. 32 4