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

Date of Casualty. Vessel's Name, Age, and Class. Rig. fa ?. m ex il a cxa to o Number of | Passenfa gers. Nature of Number of Lives lost. Place where Casualty occurred. Win Direction. Wind. nd. Force. Finding of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. Cargo. Casualty. 1920. May 12 Waiotahi, s.s., 29 Schooner years Akaroa, s.s., 44 Schooner years 168 18 General Stranded; damage, £50 Stranded; damage, £200 Mercury Bay S.E. W. Fresh breeze Light .. Touched bottom when in Wigmore Passage J. Wilson. and damaged some plates The vessel struck the reef, broke several H. Subritsky. frames and dented three plates. The Court found that the steersman, F. S. Gosset, failed to steer the course set by the master and thus caused the accident The Court w _ as of opinion that the master J. W. Crotty. committed an error of judgment in not seeking shelter, which he could have done, when he found that the ship was leaking badly, and that the pumps could not cope with the inflow of water. Except for this there was no neglect on his part or on that of the crew, and he took a proper course in beaching the vessel The " Goshawk " was making for her berth H. Bruick. and the " Tauranga " leaving hers when a slight collision, caused by the strong wind G. G. Sang. and tide, occurred Fire occurred in No. 4 hold amongst straw A. Cain. packing. Cause not known Wheel-chain on engine-barrel carried away E. Harris. owing to faulty link A leak was found in the forepeak tank caused R. Pearson. by the plating being fractured, probably by the anchor Crowns of furnace were found to have come D. P. James. down, probably owing to high density and dirty water River was in flood, and there was a dense fog E. A. Eden. which obscured the lights, and the vessel ran on top of the training- wall Part of main deck, deckhouse, upper deck, J. Smyth. wheel - house, and steering - gear burnt. Cause of fire unknown Fire occurred in starboard bunker. Cause H. G. Menzies not known Fire occurred amongst cargo in hold. Cause R. Johnson. not known. Considerable damage to cargo A floating tree fouled the rudder, breaking off H. G. Menzies a blade Vessel was struck by heavy sea which broke A. E. Stenbael the rudder-stock short off in the ruddertrunk, and she returned to Auckland for repairs. „ 22 29 7 Elizabeth Reef, Auckland Produce Stranded; total loss Rangitikei Beach W. Gale .. i, 23 ftAorere, s.s., 34 Schooner years 26 Gale Goshawk, s.s., 11 Ferry-boa years Turanga, o.e.v., 10 Launch years Westmeath, s.s., Schooner 17 years Waitomo, s.s., 9 Schooner years Opihi, s.s., 35 years Schooner Auckland Harbour .. May 26 „ 26 Ferry-boat Launch 122 19 4 3 ! Collision; trifling damage Collision; trifling damage Fire; damage, £38 } J W.S.W. Mode- J rate j Light .. H. Bruick. G. G. Sang. „ 28 „ 28 Schooner Schooner 5,914 2,719 75 42 Wheat Trifling accident to machinery Fractured plate; damage, £20 Lat 11° 6' S., long. 104° 5' W. Lat. 42° 58' S., long. 157° 52' E. Auckland Harbour .. E.S.E. S.W. Gale .. A. Cain. E. Harris, „ 31 Schooner 638 24 R. Pearson. June 5 Schwarzenfels, s.s., Schooner 6 years Schooner 5,258 61 Phosphate Collapse of furnace crown; damage, £360 Stranded; no damage D. P. James. 7 Invercargill, s.s., - Schooner 35 years Schooner 123 12 General Wanganui River Calm .. E. A. Eden. „ 16 Karaka, s.s., 9 Tug years Tug .. 10 Fire ; considerable damage Wellington Harbour.. Calm .. J. Smyth. „ 17 Wairua, s.s.. 5 Cutter .. years itfanaroa, s.s., 23 Schooner years Wairua, s.s., 5 Cutter .. I Cutter .. j 220 12 50 General Fire; damage, £1,000 Fire; slight damage Damaged rudder Helensville Calm .. H. G. Menzies. „ 17 Schooner 75 11 General 40 miles east of Timaru E. Light .. R. Johnson. „ 18 Cutter .. 220 12 Dargaville N.E. Fresh breeze Gale .. H. G. Menzies. „ 22 Tararawa, s.s., 34 Ketch .. Ketch .. 21 0 General Broken rudderstock Lat. 34° 50' S., long. 174° 40' E. W.S.W. A. E. Stenbaek. years