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

Date of Casualty. I Vessel's Name, Age, and Class. Rig. g §) I Number of Nature of Number of Lives lost. Place wbere Casualty occurrei Wind. Finding of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. I 'll | % jPassen-; KSH | g | gers. j Cargo. Casualty. Direction. Force. I I N.E. Fresh (5) On entering harbour a fresh north-east wind D. Christie, was blowing with increasing force, and the ship, being in very light trim, was driven against wharf, bending two propeller-blades and knocking a small piece off the tip of one E. 3 At 5.30 p.m. engines stopped owing to weir- E. Cartner. pump being unworkable, which could not keep water in boiler, and as stokehold-pump was not in good order ship returned to Lyttelton to effect repairs The " Kakapo" was shifting berth from Charles C. BulLambton breastworks to No. 2 Wharf and lock. " Terawhiti " was shifting hulk " CoroN.E. Light <l mandel " from No. 4 Queen's Wharf when breeze | vessels collided accidentally, the " Tera- George ivhiti " sustaining slight damage to her Knowles. (_ starboard bow N. Rough & After vessel had berthed at wharf master John M. Aitken. rising states he was signalled to go outside, and in doing so vessel bumped slightly, and afterwards she proceeded to Auckland, where she was docked for repairs Calm .. When making "Onehunga and navigating Thomas Donochannel at top high water mistook beacon | van. for buoy, and on porting helm caused vessel to take the mud N.E. Light .. The vessel touched on the western spit with C. W. Cumstarboard bilges and ran into stone wall on ming. port hand, and then stem struck Flat Rock, splintering stem, but vessel did not make any water N. .. When hearing into wharf vessel " smelt the G. A. Nairn, mud," and could not be got alongside wharf S.W. 12 Ship encountered hurricane and phenomenal Alan Cain, seas, resulting in slight damage to ship, but not known if cargo injured Owing to a leak in oil-supply pipe at the oil- J. F. S. Brown, motor a fire occurred in the forward galley, which was extinguished in a few minutes by using patent supply extinguisher, only slight damage being done to the motor 1923. Jan. 1 Ballast Bumped wharf Oamaru Harbour Karamea, s.s., 23 years Schooner 3,466 7 Rama, s.s., 26 years Schooner 244 22 1 General, 4 tons Feed-pumps unworkable Collision .. • • 1 At sea, 43° 30' S., 176° E. Terawhiti, s.s., 22 years (tug) F. and A. Nil !» 17 102 Sugar, 100 tons, general, 20 tons Guano fertilizer, 1,700 tons I! 17 Kakapo, s.s., 22 years F. and A. schooner 949 30 I Collision Bumped slightly Wellington Harbour.. Outside New Plymouth Harbour 17 Pukaki, s.s., 36 years Schooner 917 24 Rimu, s.s., 23 years Schooner 168 23 4 General, 100 tons Grounded; no dam age M a n u k a u Harbour Channel 99 23 99 24 Paroto, o.e.v., 9 years F. and A. IS Coal and benzine Grounded; £10 damage Flat Rock, Bay of Plenty Awahou, s.s., 12 years Westmeath, s.s., 20 years Schooner ! " Smelt the mud " Slight damage to ship by seas Thames Wharf, Auckland Lat. 38° 15' N., long. 45° W. „ 27 151 18 „ 29-30 F. and A. 5,914 71 General, 8,000 tons „ 30 Makura, s.s., 15 years F. and A. 4,921 240 40 General Fire in forward galley, £3 damage Auckland 170