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May 5 „ 7 >, 7 „ 28 June 8 „ 20 „ 21 Terawhiti, s.s., 16 years Ngakuta, s.s. Scot (sail), 18 years Kaiaia, o.e.v., 14 years Otimai, o.e.v., 2 years Corirma, s.e., 42 years Devon City, s.s., 13 years Schooner F. and A. F. and A. Ketch .. Schooner Schooner 4,255 934 24 110 791 102 IS 5 27 32 33 3 Coal and timber. 2,029 tons General In ballast General Empty barrels and eases General, 7,000 tons Collision Damage to No. 1 hatch, deck-house, &c, by heavy sea Stranded; £100 damage Mainmast and rigging carried away; £50 damage Bracket, of propeller carried away Grounded Collapse of furnace crown I Glasgow Wharf, Wellington Karori Rocks, Cook Strait . ' Off Whakatane | ; Off Bream Head .. Whakatane Bar Off Victoria Wharf, Dunedin Queen's Wharf, Wellington S.S.W. E. S. When assisting at berthing s.s. "Karori" vessel sustained damage to lifeboat and davits owing to fresh breeze catching " Karori" on port quarter and drawing " Terawhiti" under the counter of the s.s. " Hurunui" Calm .. Vessel shipped a heavy sea forward which damaged No. 1 hatch, for'ard deck-house, forestay, rigging-screw, spider-band, foremast and rails, forecastle-head Light .. When at anchor cable parted at hawse-pipe, and two other anchors were dropped, but these also failed to hold on account of the roll, the vessel eventually going ashore broadside on, damaging bulwarks and carrying away light top hamper Moderate : As result of heavy weather on voyage .Auckland to Tutakaka port main rigging, mainmast, and both topmasts carried away Calm .. ; After leaving wharf vessel struck stone or snag with starboard propeller, knocking off bracket Calm . . When maneuvering ship for berthing she took the ground on south side of channel, neither ship nor cargo sustaining any damage The collapse was caused by impurities, such as soft mud, being pumped into boiler when vessel was at Port Arthur, Texas, and by salt water, due to a leaky condenser Gale (10) The Court found that a heavy sea which crashed aboard buckled and puckered the deck and damaged hatch-coamings; that no allegation of any kind had been made against the master or any of his officers, and that in returning to New Zealand the master adopted the only safe course ; thai the ship was well found, well manned, and cargo properly stowed, and that cause of casualty was the " peril of the sea" 4 A Primus stove which was alight is thought to have capsized and set fire to tin of kerosene alongside, the fire spreading to floor of boat, which was burnt and subsequently sank Gale .. Vessel on lee shore ; let go anchor at 5 a.m., and at 10 a.m. the cable parted and vessel went ashore Strong Vessel was moored as usual, and before leaving for the night the master saw everything safe, but at daybreak following morning found vessel ashore on rocks and damaged beyond repair; nevertheless, he salvaged all removeable gear. Accident attributed to wire rope, which was part of mooring-gear, chafing through until it parted E. H. Wilson. A. H. Prosser. W. E. Aspden. Arthur Berridge L. McDonald. James Green. John Stephens. ,. 27 Port Auckland, s.s., 1 year Schooner 5,123 So General and frozen, 6,600 tons Buckled deck and damaged hatchcoamings Lat. 51° S., long. 163° W. S.E. _A H. Browa. July 2 Merry Duchess, o.e.v. Fire ; total loss .. Rangitoto Channel .. Fishingboat N.W. 4 G. W. Tufcbury. „ 10 Altair (sail), 20 F. and A. Coal, 80 tons .. Stranded; £100 damage Orewa Beach, Auckland Gale John Brown. years 57 N.E. „ 13 Sea Queen, o.e.v. Launch 6 9 Stranded; total loss, £800 Tryphena Bay, Great Barrier Island E. Strong J. McKinnon.