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April 15 Wainui, s.s., 36 years Schooner 410 30 39 Accident to machinery ; £400 damage Wellington Harbour.. N.W. Light .. | Owing to bolts carrying away the high-pres- T. B. Seweli. sure cylinder-cover and piston were broken and bent Calm .. : When crossing the bar vessel shipped heavy B. Burk. sea, which caused considerable damage to deck fittings N.E. Gale .. Vessel ran into gale and lost two topmasts .. E. Norton. „ 20 Aupouri, s.s., 17 years Schooner 220 23 24 General Damaged by heavy sea Manukau Bar ,, 9 Wai konini, 21 years Raranga, s.s., 5 years John, s.s., 23 years Schooner 23 4 Dismantled; £75 damage Fire ; slight damage Whangarei „ 21 Schooner 7,956 83 General Queen Street Wharf, Auckland Pegasus Bay, N.Z. .. Fire was discovered amongst copra cargo in C. M. Andrews, poop-space. Cause unknown S.E. Fresh High-pressure piston broke. No apparent J. Hawick. breeze cause S.W. Moderate On arrival at Auckland it was found that a A. B. MacRae. blade had been broken off propeller N.E. Strong Vessel sprung a leak and put back to Auck- William Ruth. land as pumps could not keep water down W. Moderate Blade of propeller was discovered missing. J. 0. Evans. Cause unknown S.E. Gale .. : Starboard propeller lost in heav}' weather .. A. H. Davey. „ 22 Schooner 134 13 General Piston broken „ 25 Tekoa, s.s. Schooner 5,369 79 General Blade of propeller lost Leaking ; £100 damLat. 30= 4' S., long. 152° 1' W. Long. 175° 45' E., lat. 35° 20' S. Lat. 26° 1' S., long. 134° 34' W. Lat 34° 53', long. 175° 55' Bluff Harbour „ 30 „ 30 Tiare Taporo, aux., 8 years Tredenham, s.s., 8 years Navua, s.s., 16 years Tasmania, s.s., 9 Schooner Schooner 173 5,369 16 55 General Basic slag age Blade of propeller lost; £600 Propeller lost; £850 May 1 Schooner 1,773 75 86 General 2 2 4 4 „ 4 „ 13 years Alert, 20 years .. Glenelg, s.s., 42 years Vixen, aux., 42 years Cygnet, s.s., 37 years Tiroa, s.s., 6 years Schooner Schooner Schooner Ketch .. Schooner 4,688 98 156 27 70 63 12 3 9 1 General General Coal General General Stranded Stranded ; no damage Collision ; no damage Collision ; slight damage Struck rock; £350 damage Collision ; £400 dam1 r ■' i J Ruakaka Beach, Auckland Onerahi Wharf, Whangarei Off Point Gibson Auckland Harbour .. N.W. Light .. Vessel was coming in against ebb tide and ; S. F. Martin. apparently lost steerage - way, the wind causing her to swing ashore S. Light .. Vessel ran ashore when making port, probably George Mayall. owing to master failing to see that the man at the wheel was attending to his duties f J. E. Quinn. Calm .. The " Glenelg " was lying at wharf when the " Vixen " in berthing was caused to bump | George Wigg. into her by the tide I N.N.E. Moderate The Court found that accident was caused A. J. Murray, through mate steering for about ten minutes by bright binnacle light and thus temporarily losing sight of coastline ; also, that vessel's course was affected by set of current caused by north-east wind ' * The Court found that the master of the " Tiroa " had committed a breach of the L. D. Clark. Regulations for preventing Collisions at Sea E.N.E. Mode- <! by omitting to indicate by sound-signals rate that he was about to alter his course to W. L. K. Bishoj starboard, thus causing collision, and was ordered to pay the Minister's costs Keavy .. The launch was employed fishing, and was ; driven on the rocks and totally wrecked E.S.E. Gale .. A sudden change of wind caused the vessel to ; John Regan, miss stays and she was driven ashore, the engines not being sufficiently powerful to keep her off S.W. Strong Master mistook white riding-light of dredge F. W. Venn. "222" for one of beacon lights and vessel grounded at upper end of channel „ 13 Peregrine, s.s., 29 years Schooner Ferryboat 94 162 10 about 150 Passengers age Collision ; £100 dam1 r i j E.N.E. age Whale Island, Bay of Plenty Waiheke Island, Auckland Harbour „ 20 Italy, s.s. Launch 2 Stranded ; total loss „ 26 Lizette, aux., 41 years Ketch .. 21 3 Stranded ; total loss E.S.E. „ 27 Breeze, s.s., 13 years Schooner General Stranded ; no damage S.W. 286 17 Otago Harbour