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Return of Wrecks and Casualties to Shipping reported to the Marine Department from the 1st April, 1918, to the 31st March, 1919.

Date of Vessel's Name, Age, Casualty.. and Class. ffl S I Numb Date of Vessel's Name, Age, Ri ' « 5 | Casualty.. and Class. g " tnp .: Rig. 3& Number of j?g | PassenM r< g gers. oer of ! Nature of Cargo. J Nature of Number nf Nui Li rnbe of jives er s Wind. CasSy occurred. j Finding of Court of Inquiry. I Name of Master Place where Casualty occurred. Wind. D ' rec " Force, tion. IjHSilii- dim \jiana. ru-. ,p 'assen- />„,.„„ r..»„.i4„ Lives lost. v " a """' Diree . 1 Sop F Casualty. Force. £ - gers. casualty. tion. J ' orce - . I I " I g I ' 1918. Mar. 18 Roma V, o.e.v., I Launch 4 9 years April 17 Rimu, s.s., 20 Schooner 169 13 years „ 22 Chelmsford, s.s., Schooner 79 11 32 years „ 27 Inverness, 16 years Barque 1,817 26 „ 28 Gannet, 37 years Ketch .. 25 3 May 5 Wanderer, aux., Schooner 23 6 15 years „ 6 Aratapu, 40 years Barquen- 107 7 tine „ 7 Mararoa, s.s., 33 Schooner 1,381 74 years „ 20 Natone, s.s., 18 Tug .. 50 4 I years „ 20 Karaka, s.s., 7 Tug .. 10 4 years „ 24 Fairburn, aux., Schooner 60 5 12 years „ 26 ! John, s.s., 19 years Schooner 134 13 „ 31 Osprey, p.s., 31 Ferry-boat 138 4 years „ 31 Albatross, s.s., 14 Ferry-boat 111 4 years June 20 : White - pine, 39 Barque 467 14 years „ 21 Isabella de Frame, Ketch .. 76 2 aux., 16 years „ 21 • Endeavour, aux., Schooner 54 3 14 years i I Stranded; total loss 25 General Stranded; no damage 2 .. Accident to machinery ; trifling Coal .. Fire ; total loss .. Fruit .. ; Stranded : total loss Stranded ; dam - age, £400 Timber Leaking; damage, £70 General Fire; no damage I Collision ; no damage Collision; slight damage Lime .. Trifling accident to machinery General Accident to machinery 15 .. Collision ; trifling damage 200 [ .. Collision; trifling damage Buffetted against wharf ; damage, £356 Bumped against wharf : damage, £15 Cement. Bumped against wharf : damage, £50 } 1 } t_ ■ I ! i_ Auckland Harbour .. N.E. Gale .. The launch parted from her moorings, and J. F. P. How was driven ashore and knocked to pieces den. S. Channel, Manukau i .. Grounded on mud-bank, but was refloated a A. Parris. Harbour few days later Whangapoua Harbour S.W. Light .. \ Vessel struck a sand-bank and broke main F. Beach. injector Lat. 37° 52' S., long. N.W. Gale .. The Court found that spontaneous combus- John Hughes. 148° 59' W. tion in the coal-cargo was the cause of the fire. The vessel was abandoned when it was no longer possible to stay the progress of the fire, and the crew landed on Rapa Island after being nine and ten days in open boats Ngaio Bay, Tasman N.E. Gale .. Vessel was anchored off shore loading cargo Wm. Reed. Bay, Nelson when the wind changed, and she was driven ashore in attempting to beat out of the bay T Oreti Point, Bay of W.S.W. Moderate The vessel went ashore on the reef owing to J. E. Biddick. Plenty the master misjudging his distance off. Both propellers and one shaft were broken and other damage done Lat. 38° 7' S., long. W.S.W. Strong Vessel encountered heavy weather, causmg a W. A. Smith. 168° E. leak in the rudder-trunk, whilst on voyage to Melbourne. Returned to Auckland for repairs Wellington Harbour .. • .. .. Fire was caused in hold by some sacks of W. D. Cameron lime which had got wet j When backing out from the wharf the Natone j f H. W. Hai Wellington Harbour .. .. .. < collided with the" Karaka," damaging the ; I greaves 0 port bulwarks of the latter 1 Jos. Conch. Off Whangarei .. j N.W. Light .. Tail-shaft became detached, allowing water A. Berridae. into hold. Damage to cargo, £250 32 miles S.W. of Aka- ; N.W. Moderate : The pins in the bottom end of the piston-rod J. Hawick, roa Lighthouse broke, causing the piston to damage the cylinder cover J mile from Xortheote .. . Calm .. Owing to thick and foggy weather the vessels j ' " evila - Wharf, Auckland were not observed approaching each other <( m. .. t Harbour until too late to avoid a slight collision L * 3 " 110 "- King's Wharf, Auck- N.W. ! Gale .. Owing to being continuously bumped against Thos. Procter, land the wharf in the heavy gale the vessel was considerably damaged, rails and bulwarks being broken, and some plates started Central Wharf, Auck- j N.W. Gale .. Bulwarks, &c, damaged through being con- S. Hakanson. land tinuouslv bumped against the wharf in the gale Central Wharf, Auck- N.W. Gale .. Bulwarks, &c, damaged through being con- J. Williamson, land tinuouslv bumped against the wharf in the gale