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Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2500, 20 February 1871, Page 2

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PORT CHALMERS OBSERVATORY. . Latitude, 45.48.56 south ; longitude, llh. in.36seo. east. Time Ball drop* daily (Sundays excepted) at 1 ".m. Port Chalmers mean time, or In, 37t0. 23s 10. a.nli Greenwich mean time. HIGH WATER. TO-MORKOW. Heads I Port Chalmers I Dunedin 4.16 p.m. | 4.40 p.m. | 5.31 p.m. PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. Bengal from Newcastle. sailed Nil. CUSTOM HOUSE.—DUNEDIN. This Dat. ENTERED INWARDS. Phoebe, 410 tons, Worsp, from Lyttelton* Driver, Stewart, and Co, agents. CLEARED OUTWARDS. Wallace, 50 tons, Edie, for Oamaru. J Mills, agent. Star, 31 tons, Brady, for Kakauui. Master, agent. EXPECTED ARRIVALS. From Holig Kong --Whirlwind, W. Clowes From Glasgow—Agnes Miiir From London—Warrior "Jileen From Liverpool— Harvest Home From Newcastle—Percy PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Anne, for Moeraki, early ■Beautiful Star for Lyttelton, Feb. 21st Christian M‘A\tsland for Loudon, March 15 City of Dunedin for London, March 25 Cora for Invercargill, early Dagmar for Hokitika, early Excelsior for Napier, early Jane, for Wanganui, early Maori, for Timani, early Maty Van Every, for Hokitika, early Phoebe for Lyttelton, Feb. 21st Bedcliffc for Greymouth, early. Storm Bird for Molyneux, Feb. 21 Tairoa, for Molyneux, early Wallace for Oamaru, Feb. 21 BY ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH. ARRIVED. Port Chalmers : February 19, Beautiful Star, from Timaru; Phoebe, from Lyttelton. SAILED. Bluff: February 20, Luna, for Dunedin. The Government p ; a. Luna arrived at Port Chalmers at 11 p.m. on Saturday, lauded the San Francisco mails ex Airedale, and proceeded to the Bluff with the Southland portion at midnight. The barque Bengal, from Newcastle, coal laden, arrived at the Heads yesterday, and at Port Chalmers this morning. From private information we have received from a gentleman who visited the wreck of the Airedale, we learn that on the arrival of the PLcdbe at Taranaki surprise was manifested on finding that the Airedale bad not arrived. The time that the accident occurred is said to have been between three and four in the morning, and that during the night a light n rth-casterly breeze had been blowing off the land, accompanied by a smooth sea. Had the sea been rough at the time the consequences would have been much more serious.- As the reef or detached rocks on which the Airedale struck lie to the northward of the -Waitara River, and arc much exposed, no hope is therefore entertained of saving what is generally admitted to have been the favorite steamer of the Coast. It is also said that had the Airedale struck fifty yards on either side of the position, she would have gone on to a soft sandy beach. Great sympathy is felt for Captain Kennedy, who had so long successfully commanded the Airedale, and who had by bis kind and gentlemanly manners won the esteem of all who knew him. Loss of thE Airedale.— The following is from the Wcllinf/ton Independent of Feb. 16: On the Phoebe’s arrival at Taranaki at 5.10 a.m, on the 14th, a boat came off with the chief officer of the Airedale and Captain Holford, Harbor Master, with the intelligence that the Airedale was on shore north of the Waitara river. The Phoebe immediately hove up anchor, and proceeded at full speed to the wreck at 7.30 a.m., with a surf boat and,, crew in tow. arriving off the wreck, which was north of Waitara about two miles, at 8.30 a.m. A surf boat and one of the ship’s boats immediately proceeded to the wre k. It is supposed that the wreck is attributable to an error in the compasses. Captain Kennedy, who was in command, is well known to be thoroughly acquainted with the whole coast of New Zealand. At the time the Airedale struck, she was under full steam, with both top sails set. So severe Was the shock that a large hole must have.at once been made in the bottom. In less than three minutes the passengers in the saloon were up to their waist in water. The mails are much damaged, four hags ot newspapei-s that were opened proving nothing more than masses of pulp,