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Evening Star, Issue 3646, 29 October 1874, Page 2

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HIGH WATER. To-morrow. Heads I Port Chalmers | Dunedin 6.12 p.mu I 6.47 p.m. 1 7.32 p.m. PORT CHALMERS. ARRIVED. October 29.—Samson, p.s., 124 tons, Edie, from Oamaru. Maori, s.s., 118 tons, Malcolm, from Lyttelton, via intermediate ports. Passengers : Mr and Mrs Andrews, Mr and Mrs Powden, Mrs Somerville, Mrs Taylor, Miss Dow, Messrs Mills, M'Lean, Campbell, Coggins, Ross, Bowell, Wallace, Flaycort, Connell, Paterson, Comings, and twelve in the steerage. Trial, ketch, 25 tons, Kelly, from Waikouaiti. - Wallabi, s.s,, lOltons, Leya, from the Bluff. Passengers: Mr and Mrs Wilson, Miss Williams, Mr Cohen, and one in the steerage, SAILED. October 29. —Spec, schooner, 50 tons, Madson, foivMoerald. Pioneer, schooner, 22 tons, Matheson, for Bkag Point. Excelsior, schooner, 92 tons, Joiner, for Napier. Beautiful Star, s.s., 146 tons, Peterson, for the Bluff. Lady of the Lake, s.s., 60 tons, TJrquhart, for the Molyneux. Coq du Village, barque, 312 tons, Smith, for Lyttelton. DEPARTURES. Alhambra, for Bluff, November 5. Craigpllacbie, for Bluff, early. Easby, for Newcastle, November 5. Helena, for Auckland, early. Jessie Henderson, for Auckland, early. Lizzie Guy, for Hokitika, early. Maori, for Timarn, October 30. Otago, for Northern Ports, November 10. Phoebe, for Northern Ports, November 8. Samson, for Oamaru, October 30. Taranaki, for Northern Ports, November 3. Wanganui, for Bluff, October 30, The brig Craigellachie was towed to Dunedin by the p.s. Golden Age yesterday afternoon. The schooners Spec, in ballast, for Moeraki, and Pioneer, for Shag Point, sailed this mornbarque Oneco commenced to unmoor this morning, and will sail this evening for Wellington. The p.s. Samson returned from her usual trip ‘ to Oamaru last evening, and passed up to Dunedin. The s.s. Beautiful Star sailed last night for the Bluff, and the Lady of the Lake for the Molyneux. The barque Coq du Village, which arrived from Newcastle with a cargo of coal on Saturday, was towed to sea yesterday afternoon by the tug Geelong. She proceeds to Lyttelton to discharge. The s.s. Wallabi arrived at 1 p.m. this afternoon from Riverton, with a full cargo of timber. She left Port Chalmers at noon on Thursday last with a strong S.W. gale, and took shelter •at Taukta on Friday at 1 p.m., and remained there until noon on Sunday, arriving at the Bluff at 8 p.m. same night; discharged and left for Riverton at 3 a.m. on Tuesday, where she took in a full cargo of timber, and arrived at the Bluff at noon on Wednesday; left for Port Chalmers at 7 p.m., and arrived as above. The Harbor Company’s s.s. Maori returned from her Northern trip at 6.30 this morning. She left Port Chalmers at 6.15 p.m. on the 22nd; called at Timaru and Akaroa, and arrived at Lyttelton at 5 a.m. on the 24th, where she remained until 4.40 p.m. on the 27th, having on board a number of excursionists forth* Timaru show; called at Akaroa. at 9.25 p.m. ; left again at 11.25 p.m. ; arrived at Timaru at 8.45 a.m. on the 28th, and left at 6.30 p.m. with the excursionists that arrived by the Bruce ; called at Oamaru at midnight, and after hnlf-an-hour’s stay started for Port Chalmers, arriving as above, having had fine < weather during the trip.

THE SARAH PILE IN A GALE. The whaling brigantine Sarah Pile arrived at the Bluff on Monday night, from Hobart Town, via the Macquarie Islands, Captain Robertson reports having left Hobart Town on the 6th September, with three boats and a full complement of hands. On the 7th a heavy gale was encountered from the S.E. during which the brigantine lost her topsail, and a sea breaking on board carried away her gangway, spliting the main staysail, and otherwise doing severe damage. This gale lasted, with heavy seas, until the 9th, when the wind abated. On the Ilth, another very heavy gale, with nasty cross sea, was experienced, which gradually fell away to a calm on the 13th. Variable winds and weather were experienced until sighting the Macquarie Islands on the 23rd, when Captain Robertson came to an anchor at 1p m. On the 24th, all the boats were sent ashore to kill sea elephants, a heavy gale blowing at the time. From this date until the 28th, all hands were busily employed in collectiug blubber and trying out, when the gale increased to such an extent that it was necessary to slip the anchor and run round, in company with the barque Chance, to the west side of the island for shelter. The Sarah Pile then stood off and on the island until the Bth October, when, the gale having abated, she ran in and picked up her anchor. At daylight on the sth inst. the Sarah Pile made sail and stood to sea, a fresh gale blowing from the westward. On the 9th came to an anchor again off the island. On the 12th, another violent gale came on from the S.S.W. In a violent squall the ship commenced to drag. Captain Robertson manned the windlass, and succeeded in getting the anchor at noon, the ship meanwhile drifting along the land under bare poles, with the violent gale and heavy sea. The hail during the gale lay six inches thick on the deck. The gale continued without intermission until the 17th inst., when it gradually moderated, only, however, to come on again on the 18th with renewed violence. On the 20th inst. a terrific sea was running, the ship being under storm trysail and reefed main staysail. At 7 am. » heavy sea broke on board on the port quarter, staying in the port topgallant bulwarks and mainrail, also washing away part of the companion and skylight, filling the cabin with water, and carrying away several stanchions, stove in the port quarter boat, and washed away th* starboard quarter boat, with oars and gear. Having secured the companion and skylight with sails,jail hands were called up and the pumps manned, and in a short time it was found that the vessel was not making any water. A course was then made for the Bluff, where she arrived as above. —‘Times.’