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

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£ §, j Number of Nature of Number Wind. Date of Vessel's Name, ,,• -j? i °* Place where ~ . . T v- .. Casualty. Age, and Class. tcS j £ Lives Casualty occurred. t-,- Finding of Court of Inquiry. Isame of Masfce*. 2f t j gers j Force. I O I ; | 1924. June 23 Kauri, s.s., 19 .. 1,830 36 .. Coal and poles. Cracked plate in fore- .. Tasman Sea .. W. Gale .. On voyage Newcastle to Bluff a leak was R. L. Da vies, years 4.413 tons head peak discovered in the fore peak, resulting from a vertical crack of 8 in. in one of the plates, I which was cemented until repairs could be carried out at port „ 24 Thomas Currell, Ketch.. 84 10 .. Struck submerged .. 1J miles off Great King, W. Fair .. Vessel struck submerged object, but shock so F.Johnstone, s.s., 5 years object North Cape, N.Z. light that fishing was continued, and on return to Auckland examination showed keel about 6ft. from bow was slightly bent for about 8 in., but no other damage July 4 Waiotapu, s.s., 11 F. and A. 3,736 20 1 .. 9,500 tons .. Fire ; damage £1 .. .. Auckland .. .. S. 6 Portion of a towel was found smouldering on J. S. F. Brown, years deck by a greaser, who threw a bucket of water over it, and on deck being examined it was found that planking, 1 ft. by 6 in. by 3 in. deep, was charred „ 6 Daphne, s.s., 20 Cutter .. 100 16 10 .. Rocking-shaft main ! .. 10f° S.E. of Cape Brett S.E. Moderate At 10.40 p.m. it was discovered that from E. H. S. Goertz. years j engine carried some unknown cause rocking-shaft, main away ; £10 damage engines, had carried away, thereby putting circulating-pumps out of action, but not causing damage to ship or cargo ; therefore donkey-pump put into action, and vessel proceeded to Auckland under easy steam „ 7 War Lord, sail, 7 Topsail 98 8 .. 70 tons .. Stranding, total loss; j .. Waikokopu.. .. S. Gale .. The Court held that the casualty was caused J. Lowry. years schooner £5,000 j through the breaking of the starboard anchor-chain, and that not only was the casualty not caused by any wrongful act or default on the part of the master, but I that he was to be commended for the seamanlike manner in which he beached the vessel, thus avoiding loss of life „ 21 Tees, s.s., 12 years Schooner 247 17 15 General, 60 tons H. P. cylinder cracked .. Lat. 43° 48' S., long. S.S.W. 7 Vessel was proceeding fullspeed in moderate sea A. T. Do well. 179° 31' W. when she was suddenly struck on starboard side by heavy sea in shape of a tidal wave, causing her to heel over extremely, and water to find its way into engine-room and stokehold, cracking h.p. cylinder. Vessel was slowed down and subsequently stopped for repairs „ 27 Mako, s.s., 10 years F. and A. 247 21 6 400 tons .. Stearing-chain car- 1 . . Auckland .. .. .. Calm .. Whilst warming up engines pre para torv to W. S. Clark, ried away; £5 j leaving wharf, put helm hard -a-starboard j damage when chain carried away Progress, s.s., 42 Schooner 181 12 .. General, 250 tons Bumped wharf .. . . Wellington .. .. N. Strong When berthing with starboard side to No. 13 H. T. Hay. years | wharf, ship bumped wharf, doing slight damage to top plate on starboard bow. , I i 1 but no damage to wharf