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Evening Star, Issue 3518, 2 June 1874, Page 2

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high water. ~ TO-MOB.AOW. Hbjlsb [ PoRT Chalmehs I jOomadin 4.36 p.m. I 5.16 o.m. | 6.1 p.m. PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. June 2.—Maori, s.s., 118 tons, Malcolm, from Lyttelton. Passengers: Mrs Goffney, Dr Flint, Messrs Benson, J. B.- Warren, Groves, Stewart, and twelve in the steerage. Defiance, ketch, 22 tons, Burke, from Moeraki. SAILER. June 2.—Cambria, schooner, 43 tons, Bern, for Catlin's iver. Hally Bayley, schooner, 133 tons, Harrison, for Hobart Town. Alhambra, s.s., 497 tons, Sinclair, for the North. Passengers for Lyttelton : Messrs Pars and Joiner. For Hokitika: Mr Hart, and four in the steerage. City of Adelaide, 824 tons, Brown, for the North. Passengers : For Liverpool —Mr Sutton. For Kandavu —Mr A. Nixon. For Lyttelton—Misses Grey and Amos, Messrs Barns, Deßourbel, and Amos. For Wellington—Hons. W. H. Reynolds and R. Campbell, Messrs Dawson, and Crawford. Fur NapierMrs Gardner, Mrs Rich, and Mr Smail. For Auckland —Major Atkinson, and 10 in the third-class. Taranaki, 299 tons, Wheeler, for the North. Passenger: Mrs Burt; and in the steerage —4 Europeans and 28 Chinese. PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Albion, for Northern Ports, June 6. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, early. Freetrader, for Auckland, early. Ladybird, for Northern Ports, June 7. Maori, for Lyttelton, June 4. Samson, for Oamaru, June 5. Seagull, for Bluff, June 3. Scimitar, for London, June 10. Tararua, for Bluff, June 8. WaUabi, for Bluff, June 3. Wanganui, for Bluff, June 3. Wild Deer, for London, June 15. The ship Janet Court will be removed to the railway pier to-morrow. The barque Woodville, for Newcastle, will probably sail to-morrow. The ketch Lloyd's Herald will sail for Catlin's River as soon as the S.W. wind moderates. The schooner Hally Bayley came down last sight from Dunedin and sailed this morning for Hobart Town. The Harbor Company's s.s. Maori arrived from the North at 10.30 this morning and steamed alongside the Scimitar to discharge. The Harbor Company's s.s. Samson, after taking on board the immigrants from the Janet Court, came alongside the old jetty and took on board her passengers, and sailed for Oamaru at 8.30 this morning.. The s.s. Beautiful Star came down from Dunedin this morning to load transhipments from two or three ships, but in slewißg round unfortunately took the ground on the sand bank. She will probably get off again at high water, and will sail for her usual northern trip. SHIPPING TELEGRAM. Lyttelton, June 2. —Arrived: Ballochmoyle, ahip, from London, ninety-seven days out, with 383 immigrants. LOSS OF THE FRENCH ATLANTIC STEAMER AMEKIQUE. Al ° This steamer—formerly the Eugenie L' ImSsratrice, and one of the finest vessels of the rench Atlantic fleet—left New York on April 4, and touched at Brest on the 14th. She was somewhat smaller than the Ville du Havre but of similar build. She was rebuilt last year at Newcastle, and carried on her last trip about eighty passengers. Gallard, second officer of the Amenque, reported lost, was aboard the X?ir d ? H^ vre at the time of '*ne disaster. The Amenque was disabled by a hurricane and sunk on the 14th April, eighty miles from Uahant Island, oif the coast of Urittany, and twenty-seven miles from Brest. All the passen- - gera and crew, except the second officer, were rescued by the English, Norwegian, and Italian vessels which were in the neighborhood and tended at Brest. The courageous efforts of Capt. Kosseau and crew are unanimously testified to by the passengers." She was rated as having a carrying capacity of 4,041 tons. She had about the average cargo carried at this season, theaggregateof which was valued at 181,357d01s Ihe crew comprised 132, and the entire ship's > company numbered 152 men. The narratives of the disaster are incoherent. The following is a substantial summary:—The weather continued hue until the morning of April 13th when a strong westerly breeze sprang up, and veered at two o'clock to the northwest, finally blowing a gale from west north-west. A. heavy roller struck the roof of the wheelhouse when one hundred miles from Brest. The captain ordered the ship's head to be turned. The wind increased, and at 6 p.m. the wind was blowing a hurricane, filling the engine-room with water. During the night the weather thickened, and the vessel rapidly filled with water, putting out the fires three times. The engineers succeeded, nevertheless, in keeping up steam. On the morning of the 14th the sea went down for a short period, and everybody worked at the pumps. The engineers nnally stopped working. Heavy seas were snipped at various times, and filled the holds with the large quantities of water, and it became evident that the steamer had sprun" a leak. Ike carpenters endeavored in vain°to discovered its whereabouts. The donkeyengine was set.to work, but the efforts to lessen the water were m vain. She became unmanageable and at 4.30 p.m. the captain was compelled to inform the passengers of her hopeless condition. He proposed to signal an Italian ship which had been standing by gallantly. ihis information created surprise, because until then the officers of the stealer had succeeded in concealing her condition. The captain addressed the passengers in a few words, recommending them to be calm, and to take their life-preservers. The trans fer, during a furious sea, was accomplished without disaster. It was coinmencau at five o clock and was completed at seven o'clock It was a miraculous escape, considering the 'weather, lhe onlyaccideno was that to the first officer, Garray,(.') who was drowned in the transfer. ; .There are various surmises as to the E3EL ? he dlSaS u?'- , Jt is not attributed to the heavy seas shipped, but it is probable that the cargo of wheat whUe wet swelled and started the rivets, or possibly the ship touched during low tide. The roofing of the engines started at the commencement of the gale, allowing the water to enter freely Xhe official report of Captain Rosseau substantially confirms the telegrams from Paris lhe company throws the blame upon British ■hipbuildersfortheiralterations,which weakened the ships and impaired their seaworthiness. All speak in the highest terms of the conduct of the captain and officers. The 'Daily News' correspondent at Plymouth reports that the Amenque has been freed from water, has been examined and the hull found to be tight, but the valves open. An action to recover 500,000 dols salvage has been entered against the Bteamer Amenque by parties who picked her up and brought her to Plymouth. The vessel has been taken in charge by the law officers to wait the result of the action. The value of the Amerique is stated to be 1,200,000f. She was insured to the amount of 400,000f.