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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. Kig. g £ Number of 4= CS 3?! | Passen1 P.H g gers. Nature of Number of Lives losf. Place where Casualty occurred. Win Direc- i tion. | Wind. nd. Force. Finding of Court of Inquiry. Name of Master. Cargo. Casualty. 1923. uly 15 Lena, o.e.v., 16 years Ketch .. Firewood, 23 tons Stranded Great Omaha, North Auckland E. 8 Vessel was blown out of Catherine Bay and Frank Wills. had to heave to, and subsequently drifted into Omaha, touching spit on entering, carrying away rudder-gudgeon and stripping some sheathing When passing under railway- bridge vessel R. McKinnon. collided with it, breaking off the jib-boom, also the stock of the port anchor When proceeding up river vessel dragged, but , R. O. Manson. did not lose way ; however, about 15 ft. of starboard rolling-chock was torn from the angle-iron and rolled back to abreast of j bridge On way to Auckland vessel touched a rock ; E. H. Cathcart. and remained fast for five minutes, when she w _ as pushed off by sounding-poles and j proceeded to Auckland under sail and port engine, the starboard one being unworkable Fire broke out on starboard side of engine- George Westroom, apparently near dynamo, which was badly damaged Fire was discovered in lower cross-bunker. J. H. Rutter. which was full, and water was played thereon and coal worked to stokehold, and seat of fire discovered on 13th at 1 a.m. and put out Fresh outbreak of fire discovered in cross- J. H. Rutter. bunker which was finally extinguished on the 23rd instant When " Muritai " was manoeuvring stern first Reginald Barfrom Eastbourne Ferry Wharf she at- genttempted to come ahead and turn to starboard, but starboard engine failed to go ahead, resulting in her sheering towards " Naringa," striking her abreast after hatch, severely denting the plating, knocking out A.F. Andreason, rivets, and bending frames, lie. Jowel-pin in inner crank-shaft found to be P.S. Molyneaux. working out, and was forced back into position by screw-jack and wedges and secured by tap-bjlt, but some hourt afterwards pin was found to be crushing to pieces, therefore speed reduced to dead slow and tug asked for „ 21 Tuhoe, o.e.v., 4 years F. and A. General, 150 tons Collision Whangarei N. | Calm . . 98 8 „ 24 Storm s.s., 19 years Schooner 186 15 General, 200 tons Touched ground; damaged rollingchock Entrance, Piler Channel, Wanganui River j Light (1) Aug. 2 Paroto, o.e.v., 8 years F. and A. 48 7 General, 10 tons Stranded; £20 damSlipper Island S.W. Light . . age ,, 11 Karaka, s.s., 12 years Schooner Fire; £400 damage Bluff Calm . . 9 „ 11 Swazzi, s.s., 22 years Schooner 3,174 67 General Fire Lat. 36° S., lone. 160° E. S.E. i Strong „ 21 Swazzi, s.s., 22 years Schooner General Fire Bay of Plenty S.W. S.W. Strong 3,174 67 „ 21 Muritai, s.s., (i months 199 8 20 Collision I i I . ,, 21 Naringa, s.s., 4 months Waimarino, s.s., 22 years General Collision Wellington Harbour.. . I • S.W. 8-9 4 Schooner 4,117 89 J ,. 24 Schooner 2,712 II Coal, 6,000 tons Jowel-pin worked out Lat. 46° 9' S., lone. ! 166° 25A' E. E.S.E. 2-3