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

Date of j Vessel's Name, Age, Casualty. ] and Class. Rig. £ « Number of sS jjj Passenm f g gets. Nature of Number of Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Directien, Wind. Force. I Finding of Court of Inquiry. j Name oC Matter. Cargo. Casualty. i i 1909. Sept. 8 j Gannet, 28 years Ketch .. 23 95 48 54 2 7 6 12 3 76 42 42 11 25 30 45 j Timber Stranded ; n o damage General Stranded ; n o damage General Fire; cargo, £60 Ballast.. Keelson and stringer cracked General Stranded ; n o damage i Ballast Stranded ; n o damage j Trawler Collision ; n o damage Collision ; £100 damage Timber Stranded ; n o damage Coal .. Stranded; £30 damage Timber Loss of propeller ; F i r e ; slight damage General Fire; damage to ship, £400 General Stranded ; n o damage General Stranded ; n o damage Ballast.. Foundered; total loss General Stranded ; n o damage ) I French Pass Otago Heads .. S.W. Wharf, Dunedin .. , N.W. Patea Bar .. .. N.W T . Otago Harbour Entrance to Nelson W. Harbour Entrance to Port : S.E. Ahuriri N. Head, Kaipara .. , S.W. Entrance, Ngunguru E. Harbour Off WeUington Heads N.W. Ferry Wharf, Welling- N.W. ton Dunedin Wharf Walker Rock, Jack- E. son's Head Nelson Harbour .. N. Off Bluemine Island, S.S.W. Queen Charlotte Sound Quarantine Island, N.E. Otago Harbour Calm .. W T ind failed, and vessel was carried by strong R. Goldie. current on to reef, where she lay till tide turned Light .. Entering Otago Harbour in charge of pilot, R. C. Clifford. the vessel got too far east, and touched north end of outer shoal Moderate Fire discoverer! in hold ; cause unknown. T. R. Linklater. Extinguished without damage to ship Moderate The vessel was struck by two blind rollers G. T. Nixon. just after crossing the bar of the Patea River Light .. Vessel proceeding slowly up channel failed to H. C. Barnes. answer helm, and took the ground at side of channel Light .. Wind suddenly changed when vessel was going W. Westrupp. through the new channel, and the tide-rip carried her on to the breakwater I W. Eastick. Strong Caused by the trawler " Countess " lying at ' T>-„y. aT( j [the entrance to the " Iron Pot " TV an Light .. Vessel missed stays twice and ran on shoal W. E. Barnes. whilst wearing Light .. Vessel was swung on to the reef by the tide.. F. Jensen. Moderate The propeller was lost through the breaking W. F. Clark. of the tail shaft Strong.. Fire occurred in vessel's bunkers; cause un- J. Corich. known, no person being on board at time Fire occurred in flax cargo, but Court was C. Clift. unable to say what was the cause Moderate During thick weather the vessel struck lightly R. Stewart. on Walker Rock, but sustained no injuryLight .. 'When entering the harbour, the tide being S. L. Kennedy low, the vessel grounded in the channel Fresh The vessel struck on Walker Rock, Jackson's I Thomas Norris. gale Head, and was taken in tow by the " Takapuna " for Picton, but foundered before port could be made Light .. The vessel took the ground in the passage i A. C. Showman between Quarantine and Goat Islands during a fog, but floated off uninjured when the tide rose „ 10 Paparoa, s,s„ 10 Schooner J4350 years „ 14 Tomoana, s.s., Schooner 3905 10 years „ 21 Kiripaka, s.s., Schooner : 75 13 years „ 30 Rakaia, s.s., 14 Schooner 3660 years i Oct. 7 I Lily, 19 years.. Ketch .. 14 „ 17 Pania, s.s., 13 Schooner 35 years „ 17 Ahuriri, s.s., 27 Schooner 31 years „ 19 Waratah, 5 years Schooner 96 ' „ 23 Wairoa, s.s., 15 Schooner 49 years „ 28 Holmdale, s.s., Schooner 198 8 years Nov. 11 Pilot, s.s., 25 Sloop .. 27 years „ 15 Warrimoo, s.s., Schooner 2076 18 years „ 18 Takapuna, s.s., Schooner 472 26 years „ 26 Mapourika, 12 Schooner 718 years „ 27 Hippalos, 17 Barque 299 years „ 30 Koonya, s.s., 11 Schooner 663 years 663 25