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Driving-shaft of centrifugal pump broke inside pump-casing G. F. Eutwistle Iβ. „ 23 Wimmera, s.s., 9 years Schooner 1,8721 71) 129 General Broken pumpshaft ; trifling damage Collision with wharf; slight damage Struck snag; £50 damage Stranded; £1,000 damages Lat. 34° 9' 8.. Long. 116° 14' E. „ 23 Cutter .. About 20 General Nelson Calm .. When berthing the engines were put ahead instead of astern, and vessel ran under wharf and damaged top gear Struck submerged snag, and stove in two planks Proceeding clown Kaipara Harbour the vessel struck Toka Toka nicks, in the early morning, the buoy not being visible in mist and darkness The piston-rod of the low-pressure cylinder broke and struck the cylinder top, which was also broken Rivet worked out, and 4 ft. of water found in hold Vessel missed stays and went on the rocks .. F. P. Ricketts. Wairoa, s.s., 30 years 4S W. Robertson. „ 24 Pitoitoi, s.s., 9 years Inga, s.s., 9 years Cutter .. General Mokau River Calm .. 19 5 J. H. Bull. „ 29 Schooner 570 111 Timber Kaipara Harbour N.E. Light .. rune 2 Gael, a.s., 9 years ' General Broken pistonrod ; £15 damage Rivet worked out Stranded; slight damage Stranded; £700 damage Off Takatu Point, Auckland N.W. Light .. A. McKenzie. Schooner 66 2 Kittawa, s.s., 15 years Maroro, 11 years Schooner General Off Westport N.W. Gale .. J. Pennington. 708 21! R. Owens. „ 10 Schooner 200 10 Nil Pelorus Sound S.S.W. Light .. „ 19 „ 21 Kairaki, s.s., 4 3'ears Schooner Schooner 181 Hi 1 Timber General Stranded; slight damage Broken shaft; £300 damage Broken shaft; £120 damage Fire; £90 damage South Spit, Karamea Bar 4 miles south of Wanganui Heads Entrance, Timaru Harbour 20 miles from Patea.. S.E. N. Light .. Light .. Vessel struck sandspit when crossing bar, 1 ost steerage way and drifted ashore. After jettisoning cargo she floated off Stranding would "probably have been avoided had mate taken soundings Tail-shaft broke, do reason apparent W. G. Scott. T. M. Jackaon. „ 28 uly 11 Hawera, 3.3., 1£ years Petone, s.s., 13 years Aorere, s.s., 27 years Otaki, s.s., 5 years Schooner Ketch .. 92 388 49 10 n> 9 Produce General S. Calm .. Fresh breeze Calm .. Tail end of shaft carried away in heavy sea.. W. S. Gordon. A. H. Fisk. „ 12 Schooner 4,611 68 General Wellington Harbour Fire declined in the after coal-bunker, the case enclosing the electric wires being burnt. Caused by coal-trimmers leaving candles to burn out on the woodwork The vessel was heavily laden, and took the ground in the channel near Quarantine Island, but floated off on being lightened of 300 tons of cargo Vessel shipped a heavy sea which got into the engine-room and caused the gauge-glass to break The vessel was going astern when the tailshaft broke and the propeller was lost Failing to answer her helm quickly she ran into a mudbank, but floated off on rise of tide When entering the harbour in thick foggy weather vessel ran on a reef off Green Point but got off with trifling damage A steam-pipe leading to deck machinery burst L. G. Silba. Waitomo, s.s., 2 years Schooner Coal .. Stranded ; no damage Otago Harbour Calm .. E. Harris. 13 2,719 :iii Napier, s.s., 43 years Schooner Broken gaugeglass ; trifling accident Lost propeller ; £45 damage Stranded ; no damage Off Taiaroa Heads .. S.W. Gale .. W. Anderson. „ 27 28 „ 29 Schooner 220 23 General Near Thames Wharf Calm .. E. H. S. Goerti Aug. :s Aupouri, s.s., 8 years Star of Australia, s.s., 14 years Schooner 3,985 22 56 General Otago Harbour S.W. Light .. F. W. Ulyatt. Lily. 38 years Ketch .. Stranded; no damage Akaroa Harbour s. Strong.. G. Cross. 6 13 „ li) Maitai, s.s., 21 years Schooner 1,888 Wellington Harbour A. Carson. Accident to machinery ; trifling damage