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I 1 ,. 27 Huia, s s.. 41 years ,. 27 >ec. 18 ' 5, ~' 3 24 j Eileen Ward, s.s., Dredge 472 ] 15 10 years Rimu, s.s., 21 Schooner 169 22 years Aryan (American), Barque !l,939 j 22 25 years Huia, s s., 41 years Schooner 69 9 Flora, s.s., 36 Schooner ; 818 34 years Mahoe, o.e v . 4 Cutter .. | 14 ', 3 years Aotea, s.s., 20 Cutter .. 157 | 14 years Te Aroha, aux., Schooner 56 I 7 o.e.v. Atua, s.s., 12 years Schooner 1,895 j 7S Huia, aux. .. Schooner 199 10 Kamona, s.s., 22 Schooner 709 j 25 years Schooner 60 12 Produce Hemp, tallow, General Wool .. ) General ! General and horses Ballast.. Explosives Coal .. Stranded; no damage Fire; damage, £40 Fire ; total loss .. Stranded ; no damage Accident to machinery ; trifling Capsized; damage, £1,200 Stranded; trifling accident; no damage Damaged propeller 5 and shaft, £20 Accident to machinery ; trifling Damaged riesins, £3.50 Accident to machinery ; slight damage 8 2 Entrance to Buller | S.W. I Strong j The dredge was caught by wind and set of G. A. Simpson. River current, and grounded near end of breakwater Wharf, Onehunga. .. .. Calm .. j The fire was caused through the second M. Pierotti. steward going to sleep and leaving a small j lamp burning in his cabin, which set fire to some clothes hanging above it Lat. 45° S., long. X. : Light .. Fire was discovered in the flax cargo 'tween j H. Larsen. 171° 10' W. decks at. 2 a.m. on 24th December, 1918. All efforts failed to extinguish it, and the j vessel was abandoned at 11.30 a.m. on the 25th. The crew left in three boats for the Chatham Islands, and Nos. 2 and 3 boats arrived' at Kaingaroa, Chathams, on 26th December at 8.30 p.m. No. 1 boat was lost sight of during the night of 2;"ith December, and has not- since been heard of. She was in charge of the first mate, and had seven others of the crew on board On 2nd January, 1919, the "Hinemoa" was despatched from Wellington for the Chathams to make a search for the missing boat. After thoroughly searching the outlying reefs and islands in the vicinity, without success, she returned to Wellington on 13th January, 1919. Farewell -Spit .. ' .. Calm .. Vessel stranded in thick w-eather and heavy C. S. Larsen. rain off S.E. end of Farewell Spit on ebbtide. Floated off on rising tide Auckland Harbour .. .. .. j High-pressure -valve casing blew out, and ; E. Vellenoweth. vessel returned to Auckland for repairs Bar, Waitara River .. | S.W. Gale .. j The bar was signalled " dangerous," and the ; J. M. Roberts. master of the vessel, when approaching, took a turn round to observe the conditions. When doing so the vessel was caught by two i heavy seas in succession which caused her to broach to, and a third heavy sea capsized her, and the master and engineer were drowned. The Court exonerated the master from blame Kaipara River ... .. .. The vessel ran on a mud-bank in the river i G. H. Sellars. owing to the strong current catching her on tho bow Wairoa River, Hawke's j E. Light .. Struck some submerged object in the river, i A.Taylor. Bay probably a log Lat. 34° 45' S., long. - - ■ • Fracture of expansion bend, and break in ; J. Stringer. 175° 5' E. main steampipe 20 miles off Cape ! S.W. Gale .. A sudden heavy squall caused the loss of ! T. H. E. Lane. Schanck, Victoria bowsprit, jibbom, and lower topsail yard,. and also sprung foretopmast Westport .. .. | .. Calm .. i When heaving alongside the wharf the pinion ! Jas. Rankin. and gear wheel of the windlass was stripped of the cogs 1919. Jan. 0 Flora, s.s., 36 years „ 24 j Mahoe, o.e v . 4 years 1919. Jan. 0 I Schooner Cutter . . -.; 24 Feb. 1 Aotea, s.s., 20 years Cutter .. 157 j 14 60 Cutter .. General ,, 16 Te Aroha, aux., o.e.v. Mar. 19 1 Atua, s.s., 12 years Schooner Schooner Schooner 56 j 7 j i i 12 General and horses Ballast.. Light .. Schooner 1,895 ! 78 „ 20 Huia, aux. Schooner Schooner : 199 j 10 | Explosives Gale .. j ,, 23 j Kamona, s.s., 22 years Schooner Schooner | Coal .. Calm .. 709 : 25 i i i