Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 2917, 25 June 1872, Page 2

Shipping.

HIGH WATER. ■Tomorrow.

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PORT CHALMERS.

SAILED. Wellington for Oamaru Tatarua, for Bluff. Alhambra, for Lyttelton Jane, for Moeraki Wallace for Hokitika. CUSTOM HOUSE, DUNEDIN. THIS DAY, OUTWARDS. Beautiful Star, 126 tons, Hart, for Oamaru PROJECTED DEPARTURES, Albion for Northern Ports, July 6 Beautiful Star for Lyttelton, June 28 Nevada for Northern Ports, July 5 Pretty Jane for Port Molyueux, June 29 Reddiffe for Kakanui, June 26 Rnngitoto for Melbourne, via Bluff, July 5 Spec for Oamaru, June 28 Strathnaver for Auckland, June 27 Wild Deer for London, July 5. Wellington for Northern Ports, June 26 . 4

The screw steamers Tararua, for Melbourne via the Bluff, and Alhambra, for Melbourne via Northern and West Coast torts of call, sailed last evening. Thfe cutter June, for Moeraki, sailed this forenoon. The p s. Samson was yesterday placed on Isbister’s slip for cleaning and painting purposes. lie ship Helen slee arrived at Auckland Oh Juhs 5, after a passage of 145 days. She left the East India Docks on the 11th of January. From the very first, encountered a succession of strong head winds, which sadly marred this part of the passage. Passed the North Foreland on the 14th, and beat into the Downs on the 16th, in the face of a strong head wind. This increasing to a gale, the ship had to be brought to an anchor, riding with 90 fathoms of chain down. The gale continued with terrific Violence, and the captain gave his vessel 120 fathoms of starboard chain and 45 of port. The weather continued bad for three days. Got under way again on the 20th January, with a light breeze from the E.N.E. At 8 o’clock the same night the Lizards were bearing N.N.E., about 15 miles distant. On the 24tb, a sudden squall coming expectedly upon the ship, split the foresail and lower topsail from clew to earring. The squall was followed by a terrific gale from the W.S.W., so that in the condition of the ship, with her sails split, it was thought advisable to put back for new canvas, and the vessel squared away for Portland at 8 p.m. Made Portland on the 27th, and after taking fresh canvas on board and getting it bent, left again the next day. Fair wind until the Bay of Biscay was reached, when, on February 3, the ship experienced another terrific gale, with a tremendous high sea. The vessel was strained greatly, and shipped large quantities of water, which fell on the deck in masses of tons weight at a time. But again the weather moderated for a while. On the 7th another terrific gale broke upon the unfortunate ship from the westward, accompanied .by a perfect deluge of rain and a very high and broken sea. This weather, on and off, lasted until the 15th, after which it moderated, and fine weather was experienced for some weeks. On April 30 encounted another terrific gale from the N. W. which struck the ship on her starboard quarter, accompanied by a wild and heavy sea, which broke on board and stove in the port side of the deck-house. The intermediate passengers were then removed to the cabin for safety. After continuing for twenty-four hours the gale moderated. . But the ship seemed doomed to meet with a succession of reverses in the shape of bad weather, for on the Bth of May a terrific hurricane sprung up from the E.N.E. accompanied by a dangerous and fearfully high sea, which caused the ship to roll and labor heavily, filled the decks, cabin* &c,, with water, and split and carried away several of the sails of the ship. The gale moderated the same evening ; but on the 12th. four days after, it recommenced with equal fury, and continued for three days, to the imminent danger of ship, passengers, and crew. The storm commenced again on the 16th. Shipped enormous quantities of water throughout the day, and at 1.30 a.m. a tremendous sea struck her clean amidships, and smashed in the topgallant rail, besides doing great injury to the decks. People were employed for several hours clearing away the wreck, and pumps sounded every two hours. Gale moderated the next day, but re-com-menced on the 19tb with almost similar results. The intervals between these gales were sometimes filled up with head winds, and often with calms, so that after the weather encountered is taken into consideration, the wonder is not that the Helenslee was 146 days, but that she ever reached port at all.

ELECTRIC! TELEGRAPH.

ARRIVED. Bluff—June 25th, 9.10 a.m., Tararua, from Dunedin.