Shipping.

Evening Star, Issue 3847, 23 June 1875, Page 3

Shipping.

HIGH WATER. To-mokrow. 60-ftf!: I Px c Chaimsm. I DtmBMH. 6.0J p.m, | 6.43 p.m. | 7.28 p. m . POET CUALMEES. AT TUB HEADS. Peacemaker, ship, from London. ARRIVED. NeCa S ?fe7 BObyClt0 ’ bal ’ qUe> 132 tonS - Lus “ er > frm Mri 3 b7mm l,eCtor, barqno ’ 335 tou *‘ Dnucai1 '

Otago, s.s., 800 tons, M'Lean, from Melbourne via the Blulf. Passengers: From Melbourne —Mr and Mrs Barker, family (9) and servant, Mrs Morrison and family (4), Messrs M'Clusky, E. C. Buck. From the Bind—Misses Fish and Batterell, Captain Robinson, Rov. J. Higgins, and 23 in the steerage. SAILBD. June 23—Bruce, s.s., 208 tons, Jones, for Lyttelton, Tia Timaru, PROJECTED DEPARTURES. Alhambra, for Melbourne, June 25, Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, Juno 26. Bruce, for Akaroa, J one 29. Crusader, for London, early. Dunedin, for Loudon, early. Easby, for Newcastle, Juno 26, Hawea, for Wellington, early. Ladybird, for Lyttleton, June 28. Lochnagar, for Newcastle, early. Maori, for Timaru, June 27, Melanie, for Wellington, early, Oaumru, for London, direct. Omco, for Melbourne, June 25. Otago, for Melbourne, June 24. Phoebe, for Lyttelton, J;"0 26. Saugitikei, for London early. Samson, for Oamaru, June 25, Shag, for Moeraki, early, Timaru, for Loudon, early.

The barque Bobycito, from Newcastle, was towed "P yesterday afternoon by the tug Geelong. She left Newcastle on the Bth inst,, had strong S.W. and S.S.W. winds to Preservation Inlet on the 17th and passed Foveaux Straits on the 19th, hid light variable along the coast, and was off the Heads at noon yesterday and towed up as above. ' Messrs M'Mcckaa, Blackwood's fine s.s. Otago arrived alongside the railway pier at 7 this morning from Melbourne via the Bluff. She left the Sandndge railway pier at 2.30 p.m. on the 17th, cleared the Heads at 5 30 p.m., nnd passed Swan Island at qw P “- , following day; experiencedN.W. and S.VN. wind* with fine weather throughout the passage ; made the Solnnders at 4 a.m. on the 22ud and arrived at Bluff Harbor at mid-day; left for r .° r t CUalmers at 5 p.m., and arrived at the Heads at 5.30 this morning; had light winds from the N.W., with smooth sen. We thank Mr S. James (her purser) for report and exchanges. • {} le F nio P Company’s s.s. Hawea, which has been m the Graving Dock for the past week, was hauled out this morning and towed alongside the hulk E'Sif vUule m dock she received a complete overhaul of her machinery, which has been re-fitted Extensive alterations have been made to her fore cabin, which will now comfortably accommodate sixty passengers. Her ladies’ fore cabin has also been enlarged and fitted up very tastefully and with every convenience. The houses on deck have been re-pamted and varnished, the whole of her hull has been s Draped, and her bottom has been re-coated with Peacocks patent; while her top sides have been painted a bronze green, set-off with a yellow riband similar to the other boats in the company’s service. An addition has also been made to her rurtaer, by which she will be more easily steered in shallow water. She will shortly commence to run b* ‘lt n ° r * * rade ’ f° r which she was specially

The fine barque Prospector, belonging to this port, was towed up this morning by the tug Geelong, one returns here after an absence of five years and six months, during which time she has been engaged trading in the China seas. She left Bantok on the 23rd of February, and arrived at Melbourne, after a stormy passage, on the Bth of May, where she discharged, and took on board 300 tons of cargo for Dunedin. She left Melbourne on the 7th .i eared Port Phillip Heads at 8.45 am. ® Btll with an easterly wind, which continued' until 9 p.m., when it shifted to the N.E. and increased to a heavy gale, accompanied with violent squalls and ram, the ship laboring heavily the whole time. She carried away her foresail. The gale moderated at midnight, and shifted to the inn. ra f f sed Wilson’s Promontory at 7 a.m. on the 10th; thence had variable winds until the Pith, when it shifted to the S.W. with violent squalls which lasted for thirty-six hours; then had light variable winds and rain until the 17th, when she encountered another gale from the S.W. with high confused sea, which lasted twenty-four hours. Passed the Solanders at 9.39 p.m. on the 19th, nnd Dog Island at noon on the 20lh. Had light N. and Iv.W. winds along the coast, and arrived off the Duncdih 1 ’ m ’ yesterday - Slic wUI discharge at WRECK OF THE BARQUE P.C.E. At five o’clock on Saturday afternoon Captain Brown had sail shortened, and hauled the barque by the wind to N.E., and then by reckoning the vessel was supposed to be forty miles from land, with Nobby’s bearing N.W. i The weather was then dreadfully rough, with a high sea running. Nothing noteworthy occurred from this time until midnight, when the first mate having just gone below, the second mate came on deck, and called out breakers on the lee beam and weather bow.” Captain Brown at once saw that his ship was so close to the shore that there was no possibility of keeping her clear, and he accordingly determined to beach her, hoping by this means to save life. Immediately the vessel was got before the wind, she struck heavily in the breakers, bumped ashore about’ two hundred yards, then went broadside on, and fell over with her deck towards the sea. Ihe breakers were terrific, and the barque had hardly heeled over before she broke in two, the main and mizen masts going through her bottom. By direction of the captain the crew all managed to reach the port side, facing the land, where they hung on for some time, by the aid of ropes, with a heavy surf repeatedly breaking over them. Captain Brown told his men, several of whom couii not swim, to stay by the ship as long as they could, but, finding them becoming exhausted, and the ship breaking up fast, it was deemed advisable that they should make an effort to reach the shore, then apparently about 300 yards distant, while they had sufficient strength left to swim. Believing the ship would go to pieces in a few minutes, the mate, Mr Aitcheson, directed those who could swim to strike out for the land. Two of the crew, named John Boadere and Samuel Rodgers, said they were good swimmers, and volunteered to make the first attempt to land, and a . nwment afterwards they left wreck and were lost to sight. About a quarter of an hour elapsed, when both men were heard cooeying and shouting “all right.” Another seanv n named Joseph (lamp bell next essayed to laud, and was followed by the second mate and the mate. The two former swam ashore in safety, but the mate was very nearly lost through being dashed heavily on a rock and badly bruised on his side. Another roller, however, carried him clear of the rock and further ashore, but when nearing the boaco he found the drawback so heavy, and himself, so exhaust al by the buffeting he had received, th tie had almr at giv« n up hope, when of the men who h:.<l lauded, observing his officer close in, and seeing his state, ran into the surf and pulled Idm ashore. There were now on the wreck on'y the captain and the three men who could not swim, the captain having stated his intention of not leaving until all the others had left. The foremast was then through the bottom of the ship, and the captain was holding on to the heel of the mast, when a heavy sea struck him off, and be swam for the shore. He landed first on a rick halfway between the wreck and the beach, but was almost immediately swept off. He again struck out for the beach, and after swimming a short time, heard some one shouting, “ Swim in hero!” and he was next seized by the second mate, and dragged on a rock where, the mate was standing. All were now safely ashore except the thveo men who were unable to ewim, and a Chinaman, The stern had become jammed between two rocks close in to the beach, and the three men were thus afforded a most unexpected means of saving themselves. it seems that when the vessel broke in two a stout hawser connected the fore and after pads, and, as the two drifted ashore this had not parted. After the stem became jammed, the bow still drifted inland, nnd the men thus discovered the hawser, and by this means reached the stern, whence others of the ciew assisted them on shore with a groat deal of difficulty. The I.G. was an old Newcastle trader, She was partially insured.—* Pilot,’ June 8.