Ship "Omaha"

1877 May 16	Collision
1878 Mar 22	Shipwreck

AJHR 1878 Section H12 page 30
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 16 May 1877
Name of Master		: George Jackson HUGHES
Age of Vessel		: 4 years
Rig			: Brigantine
Register Tonnage	: 133
Number of Crew		: 7
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: General
Nature of Casualty	: Collision with "Enterprise" &
			  "W. C. Wentworth"; partial damage
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Place of Accident	: Breastwork, Lyttelton Inner Harbour
Wind Direction		: SW
Wind Force		: Hurricane


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Collision caused by heavy gale.

AJHR 1878 Section H12 page 29
Return of Wrecks


Date of Casualty	: 22 Mar 1878
Name of Master		: George Jackson HUGHES
Age of Vessel		: 4 years
Rig			: Brigantine
Register Tonnage	: 133
Number of Crew		: 7
Number of Passengers	: 
Nature of Cargo		: General ballast
Nature of Casualty	: Stranded; partial loss
Number of Lives Lost	: 
Place of Accident	: On a reef of rocks about one-third
			  mile from shore, opposite Customhouse
			  Waitangi Bay, Chatham Islds.
Wind Direction		: NW
Wind Force		: Moderate gale


Finding of Court of Inquiry
Casualty caused by vessel missing stays and getting among kelp
while beating out of Waitangi Bay, Chatham Islands.