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

Date of Name of Vessel, Casualty. Age a a n T class . Ri, I; Si Number of Nature of Number of Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Direction. ind. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. Name of Master. 'IS I Passenu gers. Cargo. Casualty. Force. 1898. June 8 Mana, s.s., 12 years Ketch .. 44 Goal .. Stranded; partial loss Entrance to Patea River S.E. ; Fresh breeze Vessel in crossing bar touched the ground and got out of the channel, and was stranded on North Bank Casualty caused by parting of towing-hawser at a critical time when on the bar Casualty caused through error in judging distance. No log or lead used Maintopmast, foretopmast, topgallantmast, yards, sails, and gear carried away during heavy gale and sea John Edward Westrup. July 5 St. Kilda, 30 years Thora (Norwegian), 20 years Sarah and Mary, 33 years Barquentine 189 9 Goal and general General Stranded; partial loss Stranded; partial loss Loss of masts, tails, &o. Bar of Wanganui Eiver N.W. Strong breeze Fresh .. James White. 6 14 Barque.. Briga ntine 843 145 14 8 Coal .. Bushend Point, Farewell Spit Near the Solander Islands W.N.W. W.N.W. Gale .. Ole Andreas Hagen. Henry Jones. 14 Kennedy, s.s., 33 years Felicity, 13 years Mapourika, s.s., 1 year Schooner 127 14 Ballast.. Collision; slight damage Collision; slight damage Loss of life only - ) (■William Arthur Wildman. Ijohn M. Bur- \ nard. John George Gray. „ 14 Ketch .. 27 2 Ballast.. Off Motueka Wharf .. Casualty caused through "Felicity" being anchored too near fairway without lights Aug. 3 . 25 Manaroa, s.s., 2 years Moa, s.s., 34 years Schooner Schooner 718 33 General General Loss of propeller, &o. Stranded; partial loss 1 Lat. 40° 5' S., long. 35° 31' B. On voyage from Glasgow to Wellington Off Lyall Bay, near Wellington Bar of Wanganui Kiver S.E. The fourth engineer, Charles James Collins, died from effects of scalds received on 1st August while engines were stopped to overhaul high pressure slide-valves Casualty caused through breakage of pro-peller-shaft Casualty caused through the water on the bar not being sufficient with the sea that was running Casualty caused by buoy marking rock being out of position Vessel was slightly out of mid-channel Peter Mclntyre. 27 Schooner 78 110 11 13 2 19 Coal S.W. Light breeze Fresh .. Oscar Jarman. Sept. 3 Oreti, s.s., 21 years Tarawera, s.s., 16 years Mapourika, s.s., 1 year Schooner 138 Coal .. Stranded ; no damage Stranded; no damage Stranded ; partial loss Luke Bock, Queen Charlotte Sound Mid - channel ground, Bluff Harbour North Tiphead, near Greymouth s.w. Moderate William Eobertson. John Gibb. 15 i 30 Schooner 1269 571 116 General S.E. Light .. Oct. 1 Schooner 718 41 27 General W. Vessel struck by a blind roller, three ship's lengths to the westward of the South Tip, while entering Greymouth Harbour, causing her to sheer, and, striking the ground, she became unmanageable Master misjudged his distance, and the wind being fluky the vessel hung in stays, and did not come round so quickly as usual. Making leeway, she struck the mud-bank stretching out from Orakei Bay Vessel's jib split, the weather being very dirty and squally. The master, desiring to get shelter, kept too close in shore considering the weather Casualty caused by vessel being struck by a very severe willywaugh, and being taken aback became unmanageable Hugh McLean. 7 Silveroloud, 24 years Barquentine 292 Coal .. Stranded ; partial loss ,..,.. Orakei Bay, Auckland Harbour W. to S.W. Various Philip Mortimer Williams. 24 Perseverance, 20 years Ketch .. Ballast.. Stranded; total loss Okite Point, Bay Islands N.E. Moderate gale George Frost. 15 „ 31 Whangaroa, 5 >ears Schooner Coal Stranded; partial loss Evan's Beef, Kiipiti Island w. Gale .. William Cozens. 132 8