SHIPPING DISASTERS.

Ashburton Guardian, Volume V, Issue 1310, 9 August 1886, Page 3

SHIPPING DISASTERS.

Bluff, August 9. Thos.s: Pelham, from Groymontb, with a fall cargo of coals, ran ashore at the Pilot Station at the Bluff at 7 a.m. this morning before she had a pilot on board. She struck about the same place that the as. Scotia did some 23 years ago, and little hopes are entertained of her being sot off as it was too high water when she strode. She now lies with her h ill to sea and wlthaheavyswoUrnnningpaat. There la a largo hole amidships and the water is oplto the combings of the main hatch. It is exp usted when the tide falls that the reesel will break up. The effects of the captain and crew and alt movables are QtT being landed at the Pi'ot Station. She Is owned by Kennedy Bros, of Greymonth. The insurances are not known here, the left Grey mouth at 2.30 am. on Saturday, and experienced light ▼arlftblo winds after crossing the bar, with rainy weather. She passed Breaksea Sound at 8 s.m. on theSfi and Windsor Point at 1.20 p m. whore a strong easterly sale was encountered with a high sea. She had Centre Island abeam at 10 p m. and stopped the engines off the Bloff at 2 a.m. this morning. The wind was blow ng fresh from the eastward with a moderate sea. __ It is expected that in consequence of the heavy sea running on Saturday night and yesterday the wreck of the ship Lyttelton at Timaru has broken up. Yesterday morning the beach in the vicinity was strewn with wreckage washed ashore from the submerged vessel.