Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 3265, 7 August 1873, Page 2

Shipping.

HIGH WATER. To-mobkow.

PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. August 6.—Samson, 124 tons, Eclie, from °Ammat 7- Wanganui, 170 tons, Renner, from Northern Ports. Passengers : Mrs M‘Pherson, Miss MWilliams, Miss Gordon, Messrs Adgcr and Hammond. Excelsior, 92 tons, Joiner, from Whangapoa. Passengers : - Mrs Riun, Miss Davidson, Messrs M‘Lean and Eastwood. Jane Anderson, 96 tons, Paterson, from iifivcloclc* • Kedclifre, 22 tons, Urqnhart, from Kakamu. SAILED. August 6.—-Lady of th« Lake, 60 tons, iall, from the Molyneux, PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Albion, for Northern Ports, Aug. 8 Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, August 8 Claud Hamilton, for Melbourne, Aug. 20 Clematis, for Napier, early Defiance, for Kakanm, August 9 Excelsior, for Northern Ports, August 1Isabella, for Hokitika, August 8 Jessie, for Wellington, August 9 J. N. Fleming, for London, August 30 Pretty Jane, for Port Molyneux, August 9 Samson, for Oamaru, August 8 Storm Bird, for Bluff, August 12 Strathnaver, for Auckland, early Taranaki, for Northern Ports, August 12 Tauranga, for Wanganui, early Wanganui, for Northern Ports, Aug. 9

Vessels in Port Chalmers Bay this day Barques : P.C.E., Jewess, Queensland. Bug • Moa. At the Railway Pier—Ships :J. N. Fleming, Cospatrick, and Araby Maid. Barque: Glenary. Steamer: Wanganui.

The s.s. Lady of the Lake sailed for the Molyneux last night. The schooner Jane Anderson, from Havelock, arrived this morning, with 75,000 feet of timber. Captain Paterson reports leaving on the 2nd ; called in at Oamaru yesterday, and arrived as above, having had line weather during the passage. . , ~. The ketch Redchffe arrived this mommg, with 295 cases of preserved meats and 8 casks of tallow from Kakanui, having sailed from thence yesterday afternoon. The s.s. Wangamii arrived at 0 a.m. to-day. Captain Kenner reports leaving Wangamii at 5 pin. on the 2nd; arrived at Wellington at 0 a.m. on the 3rd; left again at 3 p.m. on the 4th; arrived at Lyttclton at noon on the ofch ; Mtaspunat 5 p.m. the same day; arrived at Tima'ru at 0 a.m. on the 6th; left again at b pm. and arrived as above, having experienced fine weather and variable winds throughout the passage. Besides other cargo, she brings bJ9 cases of preserved meats, ten bales wool, and fourteen casks oil for the ship J. N. Fleming. The schooner Excelsior arrived this morning, after a long passage from Whangapoa, bringing 53,000 feet of timber and 4,000 slates, consigned to her agents. Captain Joiner re ports leaving Whangapoa on the 16th of June, with strong N. W. winds. On the 7th of July she struck on a rock off Flat Point, and finding she was making a great deal of water, steered for Wellington, arriving on the 10th, where she was compelled to put the v«ssel on the slip for repairs Left Wellington on the 20th, experiencing heavy N.W. winds; put into Akaroa on the 31st;' left again on the 2nd August, and had strong S.W. winds to arrival. SHIPPING TELEGRAMS Wellington, August 7. Lima, for the North. The Taranaki sails for the South this afternoon. Nelson, August 7. -Lady Bird, from Cape Jackson; Taranaki, from Wellington. Wanganui, August 7. — Go-Ahead, from Westport. . PICTON, August 6.—Manawatu, from Wellington ; Ladybird, from Wellington. SAD FATALITY AT PORT PHILLIP HEADS. A very sad calamity has occurred in connection with the pilot schooner Kip. Pilots Heed, Best, M'Kenzie, O'Neill, and Caught went on board the schooner at an early hour, and the moorings were slipped and sail made from Queenscliff. A very strong south-west gale was blowing, and the tide being half ebb, was consequently a very heavy "rip "on. This was evidently perceived by those on board, for

onnearing the Heads the schooner was kept dodging for an hour until the tide should ease, and at about 11 o'clock an attempt was made to pass through the Rip. The schooner appeared to the many anxious eyes watching her from the cliff to make very fair weather of it through the worst of the Rip, and had reached a distance of nearly a mile outside tho Heads, when she was observed to fall off from the wind, and, simultaneously, a huge line of breakers appeared on her weather beam, which laid her on her broadside, carrying away the mainmast, and making a clean sweep of everything on deck. On entering the Heads she was boarded by the crew of the lifeboat, and after the anchor had been let go, the crew were taken on shore, all nearly naked, and showing most unmistakably the Bufferings they had undergone in the few short hours that had elapsed since their departure. But the saddest part of the story remains to be told. It appears that when the Rip was thrown on her boadside and her mainmast carried away, all on board were so far safe, with the exception of one of the crew named James Maher, who was clinging to the wreck of the mainmast, which was floating some distance from the -vessel. The mate, Mr Loiseau, had his arm broken by ,(it is supposed) the mainmast, and the steward, John Wells, had his leg torn open from his thigh to his ankle, the others all receiving injuries in a greater or less degree. But the sufferers had scarcely time to think of their injuries when another sea, and then another, broke over the unfortunate vessel, and of those who were holding on for dear life, or assisting others to do so, four were presently swept away, viz., Pilot M'Kenzie, Wells, the steward, Olasson, the cook, and Maher, the seaman, who could no longer cling to his piece of wreck. None of the survivors can describe how /.these poor fellows passed away from amongst them. A large sea was observed coming. Everyone looked out for himself, and when it had passed the four men were gone. Such is the tale the survivors have to tell of all except Classon, who, poor fellow, was seen swimming manfully, and diving through the seas, but his efforts were unavailing, and he at last sank to rise no more. What sail could be made was now put upon the schooner, and she entered the Heads as described, much to the astonishment of those on the look-out at Queenscliff. Never before has such a gloom been thrown upon the community of Queenscliff as that which this melancholy accident has produced. Pilot M'Kenzie was the latest addition to the pilots of the Victorian service, having only seen two yoars of service in this capacity, although he served a faithful apprenticeship of twelve years as chief officer of the cutter Corsair. As a seaman he had not a superior in the service, and as a citizeu he had not an enemy. He leaves a widow and five children. John Wells has been also identified with Queenscliff for many years. The ship had come through such a trial as few could survive. Her mainmast, a fine, sound, pine spar, had been broken short off about two feet from the deck ; her topsail gaffs were broken ; one of her boats was stove in and rendered quite useless, while the other had broken up into those small fragments which seamen describe, in their symbolical manner, as "f-ot'lids." On going below, the ship prewented an appearance of utter desolation. Her furniture, fittings, stores, !cc, reduced to email pieces, were all mixed together, much as if the whole had been passed through some rough kind of grinding mill. The steering wheel, which, along with the steersman, had been dashed down the main skylight, was to be seen with its stjut spokes broken off close by the life; and, in the usual manner on such occasions, certaia more fragile articles—dinnerplates, looking-glasses, and such like-had come iitheleßß oqt of the melee, Seamen as a, cla»b

are not remarkable for their descriptive powers, but those in charge of the Kip were even less gifted in this respect than is usual. It happened that neither of them had been ®n deck when the accident took place, and one oi them —the second mate—could only tell that when the Rip was on her beam ends he found himself jammed into his cabin, and in danger oi being drowned like a rat in its hole. It was only when a second sea broke on board and smashed up the internal arrangements of the ship, that this officer was set at liberty to face death with his eyes open. And the unfortunate men themselves exhibited heroism to the last, while hanging over the very verge of the cr U lf dividing life from death. This was shown fn a thoroughly sailor-like, unconscious way, in the course of the evidence given by the second mate when before the Pilot Board. He was explaining that they did not think there was much danger till they got close to the Kip: .“I would go again under similar circumstances with the pilots and crew on board that day. They were quite cool and collected immediately after the accident, and gave their orders very coolly. Pilot M'Kenzie was very cool, and so was Marr, who was on the mainmast. He motioned to cut it adrift to save the vessel, although he knew he could not be saved. We bade him good-bye, and he nodded to us.”

Heads .56 p.m. | Port Chalmers 3.26 p.m. 1 DONEDIN 1 4.11p.m.