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Return of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department from the 1st April, 1914, to the 31st March, 1915.

j 3 Number of | Nature of Number Wind. Dateof Vessel's Name, Age, Ei „ | .3 g j of Plaeewhere j j Finding of Court of Innuirv Name of Master casualty. and Class. »■* |3 | Passen .! Casual IgJ- Casualty occurred. Dir , ! g of Court of Inqmry. Name of Master. : £ gers. I * tion. j - 1914. | ! ■ I April 13 Pilot, s.s., 30 1 Sloop .. j 27 3 • • | Collision .. . [ , The primary cause of the collision was the L J. Jones. years III ' I failure of the master of the " Atalanta" to | ] keep a proper lookout, but the captain of J rwr t i) „ ttt i i -Mw ht j j. J the "Pilot" committed an error of iudg- | f ' ■ r % • Moderate rnent in not taking some steps to aviid a i f hngton Harbour collision. The master of the '< Atalanta'' j i „ 13 j Atalanta, 20 , Yacht .. j 8 5 I Collision •• III to pay assessor's fee £3 3s., otherwise each j years III i party to pay his own costs. j ' „ 14 Wairoa, s.s., 30 Cutter .. 48 8 .. General Fire; partial .. At wharf, Nelson .. .. .. Fire was discovered in saloon and galley, but 1 F. P. Ricketts. years j loss cause could not be ascertained „ 18 Wootton, s.s., 14 Ketch .. 90 10 .. Nil .. Broken shaft .. Wellington Harbour .. N.W. , Light .. When leaving Queen's Wharf, Wellington, the S. Larsen. years • ! tail-shaft broke. „ 20 Kairaki, s.s., 5 Schooner 181 15 .. Timber j Stranded; no .. Waimakariri Bar .. N.E. : Moderate Stranded through insufficiency of water on bar, W.G.Scott, years ! damage ■ but after landing a quantity of cargo she was hove off „ 27 Kawau, s.s., 15 Ketch .. 53 9 1 General Stranded; trifl- .. Mangawai Bar .. , N.E. Strong.. When crossing bar she touched the ground, \ E. Olsen. years ing damage I causing slight leakage „ 28 Cygnet, s.s., 29 ' Schooner 66 11 .. General Stripped pro- .. Akaroa Harbour .. .. Calm .. Vessel was in charge of A. J. Murray, mate, | A. J. Murray, years peller i with A.B. at wheel, when captain instructed mate to go to tea. The A.B., thinking that he was instructed also, left the bridge, j assuming the master would take the wheel, and the vessel was left with no one in charge. Shortly after, finding she was heading ashore, the A.B. ran to the wheel, and the master, taking charge, manoeuvred ; her off, but in doing so the propeller struck ' a rock and stripped three blades May, 1 Tokomaru, s.s., Schooner 3,912 60 .. General Fire in coal- .. Napier and Gisborne.. S.E. Light .. When at Napier the coal in the port bunker V. J. ! H. Bosdet. 21 years I bunker; 306 ; was found to be heated, and the vessel probales wool 1 ceeded to Gisborne where the fire was exdamaged tinguished with assistance of the fire-float " John Townley." „ 2 I John, s.s., 15 | Schooner 111 13 .. General Accident to j Otago Harbour .. S.W. Light .. Engines were not working properly, and it i S. Holm. years ' machinery; was found that the stern bush had fired trifling and damaged the tail-shaft „ 21 Wakatere, p.s., ' .. 176 32 .. .. Damaged .. OS Brown's Island, Calm .. Struck the buoy off Brown's Island with star- Wm. Sullivan. 18 years | ; paddle Auckland board paddle-wheel „ 22 Karamu, s.s., 2 ; Schooner 453 22 .. Coal .. > Struck wharf; .. ' Lyttelton .. S. Strong.. Strong wind caused vessel to bump into wharf C. Roberts, years trifling dam- j and injure hawse-pipe age I j „ 26 Maheno, o.e.v., Launch 24 .. .. .. Sank at wharf; .. Rattray Street Wharf, Calm .. Vessel's engine and shafts had been removed i 9 years ! trifling dam- Dunedin and stern tube was not properly plugged age! U P> result that vessel filled and sank 28 Torea, o.e.v., 2 j Schooner 24 5 .. Maize, Fire; no dam- .. Kaituna River .. Calm ; .. Fire broke out in tow cargo; cause unknown; ! F.W.Morris, years 1 chafE, &c. age 1 i cargo slightly damaged 1