The most serious wreck of this period connected with the Port of Auckland was the disaster which overtook the Huddart-Parker steamer _Elingamite_ (2585 tons), which was totally wrecked on the Three Kings, while on a voyage from Sydney to Auckland, on November 9th, 1902. The vessel, which was travelling slowly on account of a very thick fog, had no warning of her danger, and when she struck, the engines were reversed without delay, but she had stuck fast. The boats and rafts were immediately launched, and all aboard, except the captain and chief steward, were taken off. Only one boat, however, reached the mainland, while others managed to make the Big King and the Middle King. The survivors on these islands underwent some hardships, until rescued by the steamer _Zealandia_, which had been intercepted by the master of a whaling boat, who conveyed the news of the disaster to the captain of that vessel. Later a raft was picked up by H.M.S. _Penguin_, but only eight out of sixteen found on it were alive. The survivors had undergone four days of terrible sufferings. One boat load of passengers was completely lost without trace. The total number of lives lost through the wreck was forty-nine. A shipwreck of a more local character was the disaster which overtook the _Kapanui_ inside the Heads on December 23rd, 1905. About nine o'clock in the evening the coastal steamer _Kapanui_, on its homeward voyage from Waiwera, was rammed by another coaster, the _Claymore_, outward bound, between Devonport wharf and North Head. The _Kapanui_ sunk in a few minutes, five persons being drowned. The collision was due primarily to the _Kapanui's_ port light becoming extinguished, but the Court of Inquiry also found fault with the captain's handling of the vessel. Another coastal steamer, the _Kia-Ora_, while voyaging to Onehunga, was wrecked at Kawhia, on June 13th, 1907. Captain J. C. Blacklock and two passengers were drowned. An unusual shipping accident occurred in the Calliope Dock on November 27th, 1906, during the docking of the Shaw, Savill and Albion Company's steamer _Mamari_ (7062 tons), which resulted in the death of two men by drowning, and the injuring of thirty others. The accident was caused by the vessel lurching suddenly while there was still six feet of water in the dock. This unexpected movement of the ship sent the water swirling in the dock, taking men and loose timber with it, and causing the casualties stated. The ship had to be refloated without delay, as the position she had got into was extremely dangerous.