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Date of Casualty. Name of Vessel, also Age and Class. Eig. 53 g, Number of •S ca •2 a — J o 5 PassenrH q gers. Nature of eof Casualty. Number of Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Win Direction. Wind. ud. Force. Decision of Court of Inquiry, &c. . Name of Master. «o £ PassenO gers. Cargo. 1902. Dec. 14 ; i Stranded; no damage Stranded ; no damage Extreme north end of N.E. , Light .. North Spit, Wairau bar Entranoe to Wanganui W. Gale River Casualty caused through heel of vessel striking Carl August bottom, causing the vessel to pay off with Nielsen. a heavy trawl astern. Engines could not be reversed to go astern, and she drifted further on the Spit and stranded Vessel touched training-wall in entering river. Oliver Powell. Casualty caused by vessel failing to answer her helm owing to strong wind blowing and heavy set of tide Vessel was slowed down and stopped on ao- G. A. Lobb. count of fog, and was carried by tide on to danger Stranding caused by vessel not being stopped James Jones. or anchored when fog came on Phantom, s.s., 7 Schooner years ] 18 5 18 i . 5 Fish .. ! I 16 116 12 i Coal .. Oreti, s.s., 25 Sohooner years 11 16 j 1: L2 . 16 Taviuni, s.s., 13 Schooner years i4e 1465 I 38 65 j 3: S8 49 Fruit .. Stranded; partial loss Off Rough Rock Buoy, Auckland Harbour 25 Duchess, s.s., Cutter .. 5 years Gairlooh, s.s., Schooner 18 years 21 60 j 6 60 | l 11 ! 2! 6 !2 130 None Stranded ; no damage Stranded; total loss J mile north of wharf, .. Calm Day's Bay, Wellington Harbour Oakura Reef, 3 miles W. I Moderate north of Cape Egmont 1903. Jan. 5 211 | 22 General Master committed an error of judgment in Arthur Henry hugging land so olosely on so dark a night. Austen. His certificate was suspended for three months, and he was ordered to pay £10 towards cost of inquiry Whilst vessel heading for sandbank, and in ' Julius Barry. the act of putting the helm down to come in stays, the upper pin of rudder unshipped, , rendering rudder unworkable. Anohor was immediately let go and sails lowered, but vessel was too olose to shore to pay out sufficient chain to hold her in position. The tide and swell drove her into the broken water and up on the shoal, where she eventually got badly strained and filled Collision due to masters racing their vessels, /Thomas Anderand to the " Moerangi" not keeping out I ton. of the "Onslow's" way when the former | was the overtaking vessel. The " Onslow " j should also have taken the starboard instead of the port side of the channel. Master of " Moerangi " ordered to pay £6 12s., and master of "Onslow" £3 6s. towards cost of Clifford Wilinquiry \ liams. Fire caused through spontaneous combustion Herbert C. of coal in bunkers Kiddle. Peculiarity of tide near wharf caused vessel to Charles Thomas. run into wharf stern first, twisting rudderpost and damaging steering-gear Vessel was running behind Kawau for shelter, Frederick Jenthe landmarks not being visible, when a sen. wash on the reef was seen, and the vessel paid off, but struck in about 30 seconds. She was subsequently floated off and brought to Auckland for repairs 9 Opotiki, 32 years Sohooner 3 38 ' 3 38 ' i 3 Ballast.. Stranded; total loss Lady Franklin Bank, W. Moderate Kaipara Harbour breeze 11 2 163 . Prnllidinn • nr% Moerangi, oilengine vessel, 2 years Launch.. 16 Collision ; no damage Collision ; no damage • • i ") I Opposite Macandrew's } Bay, Otago Harbour "' l i I 11 Onslow, s.s., 14 years Waikato, s.s., 11 years Wellington, 29 years Cutter .. 16 2 51 140 Collision ; no damage Fire on board ; no damage Collision ; partial loss Collision ; no damage Fire on board ; no damage Collision ; partial loss J I j Wanganui Roadstead, E. Light .. and off Terawhiti Railway Wharf, Nelson .. Calm .. • 16 Sohooner 3070 N.Z. produce General E. Light .. 16 Ship .. 1247 27 j Calm .. 19 Waikonini, 1J years Schooner 60 . 4 None .. Stranded; partial loss Stranded; partial loss Reef, about two cables E.N.E. Strong .. off south-west corner of Kawau Island, Hauraki Gulf E.N.E. [ Strong ..