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, 8 „ 11 .. I I Taviuni, s.s., 23 years Westralia, s.s., 17 years Wanaka, S.S., 26 years Okta, 39 years Schooner Schooner Schooner 974i 1,819 1 ,672 29 65 34 i leneral Stranded ; no damage General Stranded; no damage Qeneral Damaged fittings, £50 Timber Stranded; total loss Otago Harbour ()tago Harbour Off Capo Palliser N.VV. i E. W.X.W. Light .. Moderate Gale . . Grounded on sandbank in narrow channel .. A. R. Pryde. Steering-gear jammed, and vessel grounded at G. B. Bates. Pulling Point A heavy sea came on board and caused dam- J. Flvnn. age to the navigating bridge ventilators, ftc. Master did not know locality, and had no ('. Duns. charts on board, with result that yessel stranded and became a total wreck Vessel was loading granite blocks alongside T. St. H. Baddy jetty when one fell from the sling and broke deck planking The vessel overran her course end went ashore A. Y. G. liein a thick fotr. The Court exonerated the Laughlan. master and officers from blame The " Edna " was at anchor fishing when , A. Lddgard. the " Victory," in charge of an A. 15. only. J ran into her" j J. M. Roberts. ., IS Barque 1,058 14 Sterling Point, Bluff Harbour W.xS. Fresh breeze .. 24 Dominion, 25 Ketch .. 2» 3 2 Damaged deck ; £10 ."» miles south-west of Cape Colville yea re N. Light .. .. 27 Tyrone, s.s., 12 years Schooner 4,896 General Stranded ; total loss Wahine Point, near Otago Heads ., 30 Edna, o.e.v. .. Launch 3 - J. Collision; tri- ~| Sing damage i i Collision; no f damage (loal . . F i r <■ ; £ 1 0 0 damage Timber General damage, £40 Firth of Thames, Hanraki Gulf Calm .. „ :!(» Victory, 10 years Ketch .. 10 4 Oct. 7 Wai-iti, 22 years Hulk .. 690 Lyttelton Harbour .. Boiler-house caught fire through heat from funnel igniting wooden framing When entering the heads the wind failed, and C. Croucher. a heavy southerly swell broke over the stem, carrying away the steering-gear, and causing other damage Boiler damaged through being allowed to run J. E. L. Comp short of water ton. Whilst endeavouring to put a pilot on the s.s. W. T. Williams " Canopus " the latter vessel unexpectedly went astern and bumped against the launch On arrival at Xelson the starboard crank-shaft G. Lambert. was found to be broken The "Iris" was last seen at Caroline Bay, A. Lightfoot. Ruapuke Island, on 5th November. She is supposed to have capsized when making for Bluff on the 6th November, some oars and fittings belonging to her having been found When coming alongside the wharf the |W. Lumley. " Ferro " was struck by the " Firefloat," J which was passing the end of the wharf j 1'. Pearce. .. 10 Falcon, 3rt years Schooner 98 l> (i Wellington Heads < 'aim . . Xerehana, s.s., (i years W a i t e m a t a, o.e.v., 1 year Schooner General Damage to boiler, £160 Damage d wheel - house £20 Broken shaft Off coast of New South Wales Auckland Harbour . . ., 17 4.1 itti 65 -, 27 Launch 3 S.W. Light .. Nov. I Arahura, s.s., 8 Schooner 771 52 59 Nelson Harbour N. Light . . 6 years Iris, o.e.v., new Cutter.. 4 4 Fish .. Unknown, probably capsized ; total loss Between R u a p u k e Island and Bluff E. Gale .. Ferro o.e.v., 9 Collision ; €100 ~| damage ] Collision ; no damage General Collision; £50 | damage Collision; £15 f damage General Loss of rudderblade Auckland Harbour .. Calm .. II ■->: I 4 II 12 years Firefloat, s.s., 14 years Isabella de Frame, o.e.v. Albatross, s.s., 9 Ketch .. 40 76 3 3 General Auckland Harbour . . W.S.W. Moderate Whilst proceeding to wharf the " Isabella de |F. R. G. JamFrame " ran into the port bow of "Alba- sen. tross " B. Poole. 12 111 4 411 Mamikau Harbour .. W.X.W. Gale .. 25 years Elsie, 0 years.. Ketch .. 21 3 General The vessel, after being driven ashore in a W. MoPherson. squall, floated off. and afterwards the rudder-blade carried away, the bolts being lusted through Vessel dragged her anchor and struck wharf •). Biddick. Excelsior, o.e.v., 20 years Vesper, o.e.v., 11 years Tasman, s.s., 11 years Countess, s.s., 13 years Schooner Ballast Ballast Struck wharf; trifling damage Ballast Stranded ; no damage General Broken shaft; £66 damage Broken shaft; £80 damage Auckland Harbour .. W.X.W. Gale .. 28 2!) 3 28 Schooner 20 1 Ballast Auckland Harbour .. W.N.W. Gale .. Dragged anchor and went ashore . . . . T. Kdlington. >ec. 3 Schooner S7 14 3 General Off Whanga mat a, Auckland Off Wairoa, Hawke's Bay < 'aim . . Starboard propeller-shaft broke . . .. C. Faulkner. 4 Schooner .-,7 10 S. Light .. The propeller-shaft broke whilst she was A. G. Nilsson. trawling