SHIPPING.

Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 3740, 11 July 1883, Page 2

SHIPPING.

PORT OF NAPIER

ARRIA'ALS

July 10—Kiwi, s.s., from AVellington. Passcn-

gers—Mr Mabin. 11—Southern Cross, s.s., from AVellington Passenger—Constable Barry.

The steamer Kiwi, Capt. James Campbell, arrived here at about 1.30 p.m. yesterday from Wellington, which place she loft on Monday morning, but as thero was a heavy sea running on the coast she came straight up. She dodged about in tho bay until this morning, and at 11 o'clock was brought inside ancl berthed at the breastwork by the pilot, where she will discharge her cargo, and at 11 o'clock to-morrow expects to get away again for AVellington, taking a part cargo of tallow and wool. The Union Steamship Company's s.s. Southern Cross, Capt. AUman, which left Wellington at 8.30 p.m. on the 9th instant, arrived here at about 10.30 a.m. this day, and was berthed inside by the pilot shortly beforo noon. She will discharge her cargo at the breastwork, and at noon to-morrow is announced to steam for Gisborne and Auckland.

Tho Wairoa traders are still delayed by the heavy sea running in the bay. The barque Adamant, of the Shaw Savill and Albion Company's line and for many years in the New Zealand trade, has, we hum, been sold. The vessel left the Bluff about a year ago iv ballast for the AVcst Coast of South America, and loaded with nitrate of soda at Iquiqui, and going to Falmouth, was ordered to Hamburg to discharge, whero the ship was sold. Her late master, Capt. Tonkin, has now tho command of the barque Langstone, ivhich loaded here early this season, and left London on the 23rd April for Auckland. AVRECK of the TOPSAIL SCHOONER TRANSIT. The schooner Transit, Capt. Garroway, of Auckland, it will be remembered, put in here last Thursday afternoon on her way from New Caledonia, guano laden, for Lyttelton via Auckland, having called at the latter place for orders, and having, while off Castle Point the previous day, carried away her main boom through the breaking of the sheet. For the past few days a heavy southerly swell has been running in the bay, which was still further increased by tho strong N.E. breeze which has been blowing since Sunday. The schooner was anchored at the usual place, just inside the inner buoy, and in good holding ground, with both anchors down, but it was noticed that she was dragging slightly throughout the greater part of yesterday, and towards midnight last night the pilot, who had been keeping a sharp look-out, found that she was drifting steadily in towards the beach, the sea then being nt about its heaviest. Tlic pilot boat was manned shortly afterwards, and proceeded up the inner harbor, taking with thorn a quantity of life-boat apparatus, and when nearly down to the wreck-house on tho Petane Beach, the pilot landed, and a fire was kindled to show the crew of the vessel that people were there ready to assist them if they came ashore. Soon after 1 a.m. the crew of the Transit state that the vessel had dragged well in towards the beach, and that the waves where they were had got very lumpy and short, and were commencing to break, although not on board to any extont, when tho port cable parted, followed in a very few minutes by the starboard one. r I3_J crew at once sat what headsail they could, and canted her head towards the beach, but as thero was at this time little or no wind blowing-, and tho vessel being in a measure crippled by having no after sail, the crew were powerless to do anything further, and merely had to wait until she struck, which she did, at about 2 a.m., some considerable distance on the Spit side of the wreck-house. Tho pilot and his crew at once tried to get a life line on board from the shore, but this for some time was rendered abortive by the vessel being carried along the beach by the action of the waves towards the northward. She at last held, and the men were all got on shore safely, one of whom, however, was found to have been severely hurt by being thrown on deck from the rigging-, where ho had climbed for safety when the vessel struck. Towards daylight the planking in both bilges commenced to rip off, ancl as this allowed the waves to wash her cargo out she was thereby lightened, and was gradually driven up the beach, and, although now out of the worst of the sea, is a completo wreck, her port side being partly ripped out, unci the quarter part of her bulwarks carried away. At first she lay almost broadside to tho waves, but at about S o'clock her head was slewed up the beach, and the sea thus lost a great part of its power, but it was feared that when the tide cuino in about midday, although the swell has gone clown considerably since daylight, that she would part amidships. The greater part of the men's clothing-, part of the cabin gear, the ohronoinoter compasses, &c, wero the only things saved. Captain Garroway, who has been kept on shore for the past two days, being unable to got off to his vessel, informs us that her cargo of guano was insured, but he fears the vessel avus not, although he telegraphed his owners yesterday that he was still anchored here, that there was a heavy sea running, and suggesting that it should be clone. The Transit, we believo, was an Auckland built schooner of about 75 tons rogister, some ten years of age, and owned by aMr Jagger, brewer, of Auckland. mi , • • -. Later.. lho captain received a this morning from his owner bating that tho vessel hud been insured \ n . the SoHth . British Office, but tho amou;_ lt was not stated. p}_ Cable.] London, July 9. The I\ raid 0.. steamship Carthage arrived at Plymouth this morning from Melbourne (left May 22). Melbourne, This day. Sailed, yesterday afternoon, Tarawera for the Bluff. [by telegraph.] Christchurch, This day, Tho steamship lonic steamed out into the stream on Monday night, drawing 24ft. lOin. aft and 2ft. less forward. She sailed for London yesterday morning. Westport, This day. Captain Dyball, of the barque Colostra, reports that the brig Moa, which is missing, was' in Guard's Bay on Sunday week. The Moa was then forty clays out from Dunedin to Kaipara, Both vessels left the bay on Wednesday last. |