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„ 13 Mana, S.B., 24 Schooner 77 10 years So I General Stranded : no damage General Broken tailshaft ; trifling damage General Collision ; no \ damage Nil .. Collision; damage, £15 j Kerosene Trilling accident to machinery Genera] Fire : about £8,000 damage Nil . . Burnt : total loss Timber Stranded; total loss General ( ollision ; no \ damage Nil .. Collision; tri- i fling damage J Timber Stranded ; no damage Shingle S w a m p e d : damage, £70 (>ats . . Trifling accident to machinery I 'ement Collision ; no , damage Nil .. (.'ollision; tri- f Qing damage J ( ieneral Stranded : no damage On bar of Patea River Off Whangaparoa Peninsula <J miles from Thames, Hauraki Gulf Off Akaroa Auckland Harbour .. Timaru Harbour 1 1 miles S. of Breakwater. Grcyniouth Wharf. Blackball .. ( >tago Heads Big Noisy Island Bluff Harbour Hobson Street Wharf, Auckland Harbour Keif Spit, Tory Channel aver N.W. Moderate A series of heavy Beas caused the vessel to touch ground and lose way. when the current caught her bows and swung her round, and she was run ashore. Refloated undamaged W. Light .. Tail-shaft broke, probably owing to flaw in casting I The fishing-vessel " Advance " was at anchor S E [ iahi ' n or neav * nc ' f a ' nva y> *n<1 was run into by the ' ; Waimarie " owing to no proper lookout being kept on the latter vessel N.E. Light .. Bolts of stern-gland carried away, causing the gland to revolve with the shaft Calm .. There is no conclusive evidence as to the cause of the tire, but as the paint and oil room was immediately above the seat of the lire the < 'ourt was of opinion that there was a probability of oil having leaked into the charcoal insulation, and there generated by oxidization sufficient heat to cause ignition \ eesel at anchor in harbour was discovered to be on fire : origin unknown N.E. Fresh When crossing the bar of the Grey River the breeze vessel touched ground, lost steerage-way, and grounded on the bank of the river. When backing off she struck sonic submerged object, which pieroed her bilges and caused her to make water rapidly, and the master beached her to avoid foundering The river being in Mood carried the " Wootton " against the bows of the •" Falcon.'' causing some damage to bulI warks E.N.E. Strong.. The vessel was coming in without the aid of a pilot, when she took the ground off Howell's Point. She was got off without damage S.W. Gele . . The vessel was beached to load shingle, when the wind suddenly changed, causing seas to wash over her W. Light .. A nut worked loose in L.I', cylinder, and necessitated drawing the piston ! When coming to her anchorage the " May \.K. Moderate Howard " bumped into the " Vesper," anil gale J carried away the letter's jibboom Calm .. The night was unusually dark, the high hills throwing deep shadows, and the channel being narrow and tort nous a slight deflection stranded the vessel <;. T. Dixon. P. R. MoGffl. W. Bet t is. W. a. Humphries. I). Jefferson. W. H. Wilke*. ('. H. Mat son. W. F. (lark. I). Jefferson. I , '. Le Troquer. W. J. Paine. • I. Broadhouae. Thomas Jones. F. E. Wills. ■ lames Jamieeon. ■ „ 14 Energy, e.8., 11 Ketch.. 17 5 years „ 21 Wainiarie, r.s., Schooner 159 17 14 years „ 21 Advance, O.E.V. Cutter.. 5 2 11 „ 2r> Wootton, s.s., 6 Schooner 90 10 years ,. 2ti [ndradevi, s.s., Schooner 3,702 54 10 years ,. 2<i Kia Ora, s.s., 7 Cutter.. 1~> 2 years ,, 27 La'uderdale..-.-.. Schooner 1,071 24 21 years 2 24 „ 28 Wootton, S.B., 10 Schooner 90 .. years „ 28 Falcon, 33years Schooner 98 .. I July 4 Bossuet, 10 years French barque Id Saucy Kate 34 Schooner 41 :{ years ' 1 1 Storm. 8.S., 6 Ketch . . 186 15 . years .. 2o May 'Howard, 24 Auxiliary .~>5 ■'< years schooner 2o Vesper, 8 years Auxiliary 2<i 4 ketch Aug. .") Defender, 8.8., 10 Schooner 109 11 years ■ I I