WRECK OF THE CLIO.

Evening Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2505, 25 February 1871, Page 2

WRECK OF THE CLIO.

The following telegram was re* ceived by the Hon. the Colonial Secretary late yesterday evening;— Queenstown, February 24. Hon. W. Gisborne, Dunedin. Bligh Sound.—The Clio has this afternoon struck on a sunken rock not in the charts, and the leak is so serious that the water can only be kept down by the pumps. She will probably have to he careened here, and will be detained in this anchorage (Bounty Haven) for several weeks. Dr Hector goes overland by Martin’s Bay with this telegram. There is, thank God, no damage. The stores, Ac., will be landed, and the repairs proceeded with at once. I hope you will send the Luna forthwith, and in her fifty sheep, as the crew will be put on half provisions to-morrow. The Luna can bring me back, as the Virago will be required to help the Clio. We reached Milford Sound on the 11th, having been delayed by bad weather, which prevented us from visiting Hokitika. We stayed in Milford Sound till this morning, the 17th ; made surveys, Ac* Pray inform your colleagues and the public. (Signed) G. F. Bowen, Governor. Dr Hector, who arrived at Queenstown yesterday, telegraphs that his Excellency is very anxious to get the Lima round, as he fears he will not he able to keep his appointments in Otago. Commodore Stirling has expressed a disposition to retit the Clio at Port Chalmers, and enquiries have been made as to whether she can be taken in the Graving Dock. We are happy to learn that the Clio can be taken in, and that the dock will be ready to receive her as soon as she is brought

round. The s.s. Storm Bird Ims been ordered round to Bligh Sound with a supply of provisions, and will bring on his Excellency,