Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 3811, 12 May 1875, Page 3

Shipping.

HIGH WATER. To-morrow. I **• CHAI.MBRS. I DUNEDIN. 8.15 p.m. | 9.53 p.m. | 10.33 p. m . PORT .CHAUI EES. SAILED. o { S n l2 -~ Sampson * Ps - m tons, Edie, for AMS g fay SC ° Uy ’ “ M<Kay ’ for Moeralri -™ Eiv l ei yd S eral ’ ket<Sh ’ W t ° nB ’ Marka . Gatlin's ca?tte yCit °’ bar(lUe ’ 482 tous > Arnold, for New. tJSfriSS.?*' 14? to, “- PeterM ”-

PortT 11 ’ 9 ' B ” 118 tonS ’ Malcolm » for West Coast.

Taroma, s s., 523 tons. Clark, for Melbourne, via Northern and Weat Coast Ports. Passengers : For Lyttelton —Mr Williamson. For Melbourne— Jtosrs Eddeson and Burke, For Greymouth^TVo

WRECK OF THE THREE-MASTED SCHOONER ELDERSLIE.

It is our painful duty to record the wreck of tbo fe t WM’2 m " tcd i"s2 m ? ? lderalie - Captain Mere! dith, which vessel arrived in the bay. from New. castle, N.S.W., on Saturday, the Ist hit with a cargo of coal. On Friday afternoon the weather M^'frJm^ 11 ’^ 11 ind jf ation9 of an approaching P^ni«S{^ n^ ke i T^ e . Same afternoon the Lldershe, winch had been lying at the breakwater wharf, was hauled off to her anchorage in the bay and everything made snug and ready for sea At R p.m. the wind freshened from the N.E and during the night there were frequent squalls,’’and at four o clock on Saturday morning, ft being then nea£ high water, and the sea tolerably smooth, the had signal-lights set for the vessel! in the bay to proceed to sea. At seven o'clock the Eldershe and the topsail-schooner Young Dick were making sail, and at about eight o'clock the Elderslic Btood to the north, and tacked. Inreaching out to the southward, and when about crossing the 7?™? Dlck i S b ™ vs ’ apparently foulef the latter vessel. The Young Dick slipped her cable, evidently before she was ready, and both vessels seemed aa if they would together drift ashore. The Elderslic having let go her anobm’ Aft« a rt We i d + t / ie Youn 3 Dick t° drift clear of her! Alter the latter vessel was dear, the Elderslie weighed anchor and again stood across the hay to the north. By this time she was getting into pretty shallow water The vessel tacked, however, to the south-east, n R d payed off before the wind considerably before gathering way. When attempting again to stay, she missed stays. The anchor was thon let gojbut failed to hold, and the vessel drove stem on till she took the ground, about halfway between the breakwater and the landing place. The tide commencing to flow shortly after, led> Durin S Saturday and Sunday the starboard side was pretty well smashed m, and the hold gutted of everything; and yester UP ° n r ° cks ' a wa »P lete

ENGLISH SHIPPING,

The departures during March for Otago were the London on March 15) the S a f 1 T1 of Zetland, 1,461 tons, on the same day: and the Peacemaker, 1,004 tons, on the same day. The pashmere, from Glasgow for Port Chalmers, left the Broomielaw on February 17, but did not pass Greenock until the following night, having grounded nearly opposite Dunbarton Castle. The Earl of Zetland, despatched by Shaw, Saville, and Co., is registered 100 A 1 at Lloyd's, and is one of the freest and finest ships built on the Clyde. She will he followed by the Strathmore, a fine ship of. Similar class and tonnage. * / Pei ' City of Cashmere: Mr Henry Cairns Mr Ck as- gray, Mr and Mrs G. H. Moodm. ’ m Per Earl of Zetland: Mr Jaa. Todd Mr G I. H. W sSoSl Dr Cumming]:£un, and Mr Sydney Yallentin! emigTants bm = r3 Stewart j and 276

SHIPPING TELEGRAM.

Lyttelton, Mat 12 -Arrived, at noon, the Phoebe, from the North. She sails south at four. The weather is wretched.