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

Date of Name of Vessel, Age and Class. Kit •§f Number of Cargo. Nature of Natu: ire of Casualty. Number of Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Wind. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. Name of Master. §>3 | Passenf j gers. Direction. Force. Oct. H 1902. lept. 17 18 22 24 12 13 Hjertnes (of Norway), 11 years Emerald (of Norway), 22 years Samuel Plimsoll, 29 years Concordia (of Russia), 16 years Awarua, p.s., 18 years Lizzie Taylor, 10 years Barque .. Barque .. Ship .. Barque .. Sohooner Schooner 1459 711 745 949 100 12 14 24 17 7 5 7 40 17 7 5 9 9 Ballast .. Loss of anchors and cables Ballast .. Stranded ; partial loss General Loss of masts Ballast.. 'Stranded ; partial loss Cattle .. Loss of life only Produco Stranded; partial loss Timber.. Stranded ; total loss Coal, Chi- Foundered; nesecof- total loss fins, and fungus 1 1 6 13 Shoals, entrance to Kai- \ para Harbour Inner Shoals, Kaipara Entrance 60 miles S.E. of Cape Saunders. On voyage from Glasgow to Dunedin 14 miles south of Kaipara Heads 3J miles off Kaitoke Beach, Great Barrier North Spit, Wanganui River On coast midway between Kaipara and Manukau Off entranoe to Hokianga River W.S.W. S.W. S.W. S.W. S. W.S.W. S.W. S.W. . Strong Vessel being of shallow draught made consider T. G. Rove, breeze able drift in seaway. Master, after sighting light, was afraid she might, if kept hove-to, drift into breakers before daylight, so preferred risk of standing in before marks or signals were distinguishable Fresh Master could not from outside bar distinguish Launtz Walle. breeze any marks on land. As swell was setting vessel inshore master, seeing an opening in the break, surmised it to be the channel and stood in, and did not find it was not the proper channel until too far in to risk working vessel out again against the heavy sea running Whole Vessel when close to destination was caught Alexander Jaffgale in heavy S.W. gale, and lay-to under lower ray. main - topsail only, rolling heavily. She finally rolled the main and mizzen masts clean out of her Heavy Vessel was driven on shore by heavy gale. She M. Wickman. gale was subsequently sold, and relaunched by the purchasers Fresh Charles Dawson (a passenger guest), in at- Lauchlan Alexbreeze tempting to get a bucket of water while ander McLean, standing aft on the starboard sponson, was dragged overboard and drowned Light .. In weighing anchor and setting sails to take Thomas Lowery. bar in accordance with signals, vessel drifted some distance toward north. Pilot should have signalled to the master to tack to the west so as to bring her into position, and master should have cast his lead and taken soundings as he approached the bar-channel Whole Vessel was in tow of s.s. " Pilot," and cast off John Urquhart. gale tow-line by order of master of " May," which was unable to get off lee-shore during a gale which arose very suddenly with very heavy sea. The master and five of the crew were J drowned Vessel left Wellington for Hongkong on the i Henry George 26th Ootober, but got out of the course al- Ferry, leged to have been set to clear Cape Egmont, and she struck on rooks, probably near Opunake. Master decided to proceed to Auckland ; but at 9 p.m., when a little distance south and west of Hokianga, Heads, the fore bulkhead gave way and the vessel foundered, the master and twelve others being drawn down as vessel sank. Responsibility for casualty rested on master alone, and the officers were exonerated and their certificates returned to them 77 17 May, 33 years.. Schooner 237 237 7 Timber.. Ventnor, s.s., 1 year Sohooner 2581 40 Coal, Chinese coffins, and fungus 28