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

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Date oi Vessel's Name, Age. ' Casualty. I and Class. Rig. >- <a Number of ! Jo I Passen- | «H g | gers. Cargo. Nature of Casualty. j Number of Lives lost. Jf ves -St. Place oc^r2 SOatty — j ■ Findin § of Court of In< * Qiry ' Name 0f MaSter * Direction. Force. Place where Caa occurred. Wind. 'St. Direction. £ orce. Direction. Force. I l,i ' _l 1917. Sep. 28to Conarao, s.s., 14 Schooner 2,726 51 Oct. 26 vears Oct. 12 lhumata, s.s., 6 Schooner 680 24 years „ 18 Waireka, s.s., 7 Ferry-boat 72 5 years Nov. 2 Waitangi, s.s., 5 Schooner 31 6 years „ 14 I Zealandic, s.s., 6 Schooner , 5,172 87 years I „ 16 Inga, s.s., 13 years Schooner i 570 19 " „ 26 Laurel Whalen, I Schooner 1,049 16 aux., 1 year „ 26 Nikau, s.s., 8 years i Schooner 98 : 16 5 Oil .. Boiler defect; damage, £210 General Fire; damage, £100 .. _ . ... Stranded ; trifling damage . Stranded ; no damage General , Fire ; no damage Coal . . Stranded ; no damage Wheat .. Damaged rudder, ore. ; damage, £70 Loss of propellerblades Coal .. Stranded; total loss At sea .. .. .. .. During voyage from New York to Auckland | R. C. D. M. a small crack developed in the boiler Heddle. 2milesN.N.E. ofCaville' S.S.W. .. Fire occurred in fore hold; cause unknown, R. Matheson. Island but probably due to some explosive substance being purposely put into the vessel. Cargo considerably damaged Portobello, Otago Har- S.W. Heavy Vessel was struck by a heavy squall, and J. M. Eadie. bour squalls stranded on a sandy beach. She was hedged off at high water Otago Harbour .. S.W. Light .. Steering-gear jammed, and vessel grounded M. J. Haron a sand-bank, but floated off on rising tide greaves. Picton Wharf .. .. .. Coal in lower cross-bunker became heated, and A. E. Jackson. fire was discovered, but was extinguished in a few hours. Presumed spontaneous combustion Wanganui Bar .. E. Moderate Vessel grounded near south mole, but was J. H. Bull. towed off without damage Tasman Sea .. S.E. ] Gales .. When west of Wilson's Promontory a heavy H. Docherty. gale was encountered which split the sails; and when off Three Kings the wheel-ropes parted and the rudder was damaged : Between Nelson and .. .. Probably struck some floating object .. RJ. Hay. Motueka Torrent Bay, Nelson.. S. Light .. The vessel was proceeding from Puponga to Thos. Reeves. Motueka, when the wind changed, and she put into Torrent Bay for shelter, but when entering the bay she struck a rock and sank Clark's Creek, One- .. .. Vessel at moorings, and no one on board; cause J. C. Mclnnes. hunga of fire unknown Manukau Heads .. S.W. Strong.. When entering the heads the vessel stranded George Page. on the middle bank. The accident occurred through the beacons becoming suddenlyobscured by mist j Lat. 37' 3' S., long. E.S.E. j Gale .. The vessel encountered very heavy weather, '< J. Mcintosh. 163° 28' E. and was struck by a heavy sea on star- j board side, starting a number of .stanchions Wellington Harbour .. N.W. Light .. Fire was discovered in bunkers ; cause un- J. Buchanan. known : No. 6 Wharf, Lyttelton S. Moderate Vessel had discharged a cargo of oil and was J. -J. Bennett. loading with ballast, when an explosion took place and fire broke out in the hold. The I ballast with which the vessel was being loaded consisted of rock and clay, and a spark may have been struck by the falling stones which ignited oil-vapour and caused the fire Dec. 5 Kesult, 46 years.. Ketch .. 23 2 „ 6 Nautilus, o.e. v., 14 Launch 6 years ,, 8 Victory, aux., 14 Ketch .. 17 3 years ,, 10 Laura, 29 3-ears . . Barquen- 326 11 tine ,, 14 Boorara, s.s., 4 Schooner 4,083 59 vears „ 14 Amy Turner, 41 Barquen- 901 8 years tine Fire ; total loss .. i ; I Stranded; damage, £75 General Strained; damage, £700 General Fire ; no damage ■ . Ballast.. Fire .. ' "