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Oct. 24 Rona, s.s., 8 years F. and A. 3,784 49 ' Nil Sugar, 4,000 tons Shackle-pin came out Nil Suva Harbour .. Calm .. While coming to anchor the pin of shackle at j J. A. Wallis. ! 15 fathoms came out. Anchor and 15 j fathoms of cable lost; not recovered Oct. 31 Echo, o.e.v. .. Schooner 100 10 Nil General, 130 tons Mainmast carried Nil Wellington Harbour, N. Moderate When beating up Wellington Harbour a squall i F. G. L. Radaway N.Z. j gale struck ship and foremast-head carried away. ! ford. Before sail could be shortened, mainmast j went overboard. Dropped anchor and 60 j fathoms cable Oct. 31 Kaitia, sail, 20 Ketch .. 20 2 Nil Nil .. .. Grounded .. Nil Motukorea Island, N.Z. N.W. to Fresh .. When on port tack vessel heeled over in j A. W. Humphyears W. sudden squall and lost steerage -way.! reys. Sudden shift of wind from N.W T . to W. making vessel shoot in wind, sheet let fly j one minute later. Vessel struck owing to j heavy list; centreboard would not lift, j Slight damage to centreboard Nov. 2 Koau, o.e.v., 9 Cutter .. 148 8 Nil Nil .. .. Grounded .. Nil Wangaehu Bay, N.Z. N.N.E. j 2 Anchored at usual anchorage at dead low j G. A. Nairn, years j water; felt vessel touch slightly. Sound- ! ings in locality not marked on chart. No j j damage Nov. 3 Rona, s.s., 8 years Schooner 3,784 49 Nil Sugar, 8,225 tons Fire .. .. Nil Lat. 22° S., long. 177° E. S.E. ! 3 Fire was discovered in fore 'tween-decks. j J. A. Wallis. between Suva and Water played on fire from No. 1 hatchway. ' Auckland i Extinguished after considerable difficulty. j The seat of the fire was found to be in the j cattle fittings where the coal-baskets were \ stowed. Cause of outbreak unknown Nov. 9 Maori, s.s., 19 years F. and' A. 1,567 84 373 General, 100 tons Struck floating object Nil Between Lyttelton and Variable .. Vessel struck floating object, probably a tree- B.B.Irwin. Wellington, N.Z. airs trunk from the flooded Waimakiriri River. I A bump was first felt forward and later aft, j when the object damaged the starboard | propeller Nov. 10 Tees, s.s., 15 years Schooner 247 17 | Nil Nil .. Struck wharf .. Nil Auckland Harbour, N. Slight .. While berthing, the telegraph was rung " Full A. T. Dowell. N.Z. 1 speed astern." As order was not complied with " Stop " was rung, and then again } "Full astern." As order was not complied with, vessel consequently struck I wharf, twisting her stem and buckling six ! plates. The third engineer, who was at the engines, admitted making a mistake j Nov. 10 Ruahine, s.s., 16 Schooner 6,670 152 j 585 General, 5,256 Propeller - blade Nil Approximately 6*35° N., S.W. 3 Blade port propeller broken; time and place j E.T.Smith, approx. years j tons broken 80-43° W. unknown Nov. 1.3 Coronation, o.e.v., Schooner 59 6 j Nil j Sulphur .. Lost anchor and Nil South side of White S. 7 While getting under way at White Island, | A. Berridge. 24 years chain Tsland, N.Z. port anchor and 15 fathoms of chain lost, j Fresh S. breeze at time, and sea choppy j Nov. 13 Pono, aux. scow, F. and A. 30 2 j Nil j Wool, 5 tons .. Grounded .. .. Nil Little Bay, near Kareta S.W. 9 While at anchor loading wool, vessel was i R. McKinnon. 13 years j Bay, N.Z. driven ashore. Accident could not have j been avoided, owing to wind suddenly changing, blowing hard, and sea getting ; up, causing ship to drag her anchor, and I not having sufficient power to steam out. j No damage to cargo ; ship, about £20 Nov. 14 Tekoa, s.s., 4% years Schooner 5,328 54 Nil General, 9,880 Main stop - v a 1 v e Nil Lat. 3*33° S., long 92-44°| E.S.E. 3 Main stop-valve of starboard boiler fractured. H.Barrett. tons fractured W T ., Pacific Ocean i Arrangement of stop-valve and piping j I enabled this valve-chest to be isolated, III ! I using this boiler for auxiliary steam only