DEPARTURES.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3077, 7 May 1881, Page 2

DEPARTURES.

May 7—Porah Pile, brigantine, for Kaipara. 7— Jh'ngarooma, s.s., for Southern ports, Pobart, and Melbourne. Passengers— Mesdames G. E. Gillman and Watson, Messrs Campbell, S. O. Henry, Crisp, J. Ryan, Nell, Hellyer, G. Waterhouse, John Duly. Pernv, Ritchie, D. McDonald, Witherell, Martin Kelly, Wm. :-.ott. Or. S_itb, T. Winder, Christian Sevenfon.Thomns Chri stesen, -Targpn Jargensen, Hans Hansen Othersen, and Rusimus Kutsen.

The Union Steam Ship Company's s.s. Ringarooma, Captain H. W. Chatfield, arrived in the roadstead at about 5 o'clock this morning, and was at once tendered by the Boojum for the English mail. She reports having left Sydney on the 28th of April at 5.30 p.m., arriving: at Russell on the 2nd May at 9.40 p.m. ; left on the 3rd at 2 p.m., reaching Auckland next morning at 1.30 a.m.; sailed on the 4th calling at Gisborne on the sth, and arriving at Napier as above. Experienced strong southerly and south-west winds after leaving Sydney, ■with high beam sea along the coast, and fine weather. She brought 50 tons of cargo for this port, which was all transhipped into the s.s. Sir Donald. The Ringarooma resumed her voyage to Southern ports, Hobart, and Melbourne at 12.1" p m. The ketch Annie Hill, Capt. Cameron, arrived in the Bay shortly before 6 o'clock this morning, and was soon afterwards brought inside. She reports having left Wanganui "last Wednesday week. Experienced very heavy southerly weather during the latter portion of her voyage, and had part of her deck • load washed overboard. She brings a cargo of totara timber consigned to Mr Robert Holt.

The brigantine Sarah Pile, Capt. Or. Romerill, sailed for Kaipara in ballast this morning to lond timber for Wellington. The Union Company's s.s. Rotomahana, Captain Thomas Underwood, left Wellington at 9.15 p.m. yesterday, and was expected to arrive about 3 o'clock this afternoon. The advertised time for the launch to leave the wharf with outward passengers is 4 o'clock.

The s.s. Fairy will probably sail for Mahia to-night, with a full cargo of timber and Btores.

The s.s. Kiwi leaves Wellington for here to-night, and may be expected on Monday morning.

It is with regret that we have again to chronicle a serious accident in the Napier heads, this time a collision between the steamers Sir Donald and Boojum, resulting in the sinking of the former vessel. It occurred at eleven o'clock, as the Boojum was leaving the wharf with the outward passengers for the s.s. Ringarooma, and the Sir Donald was coming in the heads laden with that vessel's cargo. Captain Dowell, of the Boojum, not knowing that the Sir Donald was coming in, started away from the cattle whnrf, and almost as soon as he got under weigh perceived the Sir Donald within a hundred yards of him coming in at a good rate with the flood tide, whereupon Captain Dowell put his helm to starboard, thinking that the Sir Donald would keep on her course and come close by the wharf from where the Boojum had just started; but, at the same time, Cap'ain Quinlan, of the Sir Donald, going by the rules of the roads, put his helm to port, which made a collision inevitable. The Boojum struck her almost amidships on the port side, making a gash in the Sir Donald's side about six feel, high by one foot wide. Captain Quinlan deserves great credit for the presence of mind he displayed by immediately running his vessel on the boulder bank, thus saving her from sinking in the middle of the stream, as she filled with water almost immediately. The s.s. Boojum sustained very little damage, only having her bows slightly damaged. Endeavours were immediately commmenced to discharge the cargo, but as a considerable part of it is sugar and perishable goods we hear the loss will be very great. The Sir Donald is owned by Messrs Kinross and Co., and is insured, v. .-urn, in the National insurance office for £1000.

(By Cable) London, May 5. The Merchant Shipping and Underwriter's Association report the arrival of the ship Wanganui from Auckland (sailed January 18.) Sydney, May 6. Arrived, Union Company's steamship Hero from New Zealand.

(by telegraph..

Dttnedin May 7. , The barque Fray Beuvos, which was anchored half a mile outside the heads was towed in last night, There was no dis'urbance, and no case of drowning.