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Evening Star, Issue 3860, 8 July 1875, Page 3

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HIGH WATEE. To-moeeow. Heads. I Px. IChadmers, 1 Dunedin. 7.02 p.m, | 7.42 p.m. | 8.27 p.m. POET CHAD ATEES. ASEIVBD. July 8, —Samson, p.s., 124 tons, Etlie, from Oamnru. Express, s.s., 136 tons, Christian, from the Bluff. 'Wellington, s.s., from the North. B.UDBT.. July B.—Wanganui, s.s., 179 tons, Fraser, for the Bluff. Glimpse, ketch, 38 tons, Shoppard, for Moeraki. Anne, ketch, 22 tons, Haswell, for Oamaru. Good Templar, ketch, 42 tons, Smith, for the Molyneux. PHOJECrTEP DT.PAimTRKR. Beautiful Star, for Lyttelton, July 11. Easby, for Newcastle, July 9. Express, for Invercargill, July 10. Hawea, for Wellington, July 10. Maori, for Westport, July 9. Shag, for Moeraki, early. Samson, for Oamaru, July 9. Taupo, for Wellington, July 10. Wanganui, for Invercargill, July 10.

The s.s. Wellington was signalled from the Heads at 4.15 p.m. The Union Company’s s.s. Samson returned from her usual trip at 8 a.m, this morning, and passed the Port to Dunedin.

Messrs Houghton’s s.s. Express returned from her usual trip to the Bluff and continued her course to Dunedin.

The brigantine Sea Gull, which lost her anchor and broke her windlass during the late S.W. gale, was towed up by the tug Geelong for the purpose of repairing damages. In consequence of the heavy S.W. wind which prevailed yesterday, the sailing of the s.s. Wanganui was postponed, hut the weather having moderated during the night, she took her departure from the railway pier this morning, shortly after the arrival of the ten o’clock train from Dunedim The following coasters were able to take their departures—the first being the ketch Glimpse, for Moeraki, closely followed by the ketch Annie, for Oamaru, and the ketch Good Templar, which anchored at the H ’ads waiting a slant of wind to proceed to the Molyneux. The new clipper ship Duchess of Edinburgh, which arrived in Hobson’s Bay ou June 20, from London, had to contend against a series of misfortuues strangely similar to those which overtook some of the dismasted fleet of last year. She made her maiden start from London last September, but was towed back there within a very short time a comparative wrack, having been dismasted, and narrowly escaped foundering. After being refitted, she sailed again on the 26th of March, and had a fair-weather passage until a considerable distance on the Australian side of the Gape of Good Hope, the meridian of which was passed on the 18th May. On the 2nd June a hurricane set in, and while sail was shortened one of the crew, William Welch, A.8., fell from the foreyord and was fatally injured. The poor fellow had his arms dislocated, and was otherwise injured, for, on being takenaft and placed in the cabin, ho could not bear to be placed on his hack. The arms were set, and everything done to mitigate his sufferings, hut he sank and died the same evening.- The gale increased in violence, and the sea rising in its might broke over the ship, which was now running under lower topsails and reefed foresail, and at "half-past 5 a.m. she was struck by a heavy sea, which swept her deck, and about half an hour afterwards the third officer, Mr T. P. M'Kuy was missing, and the only conclusion that could be arrived at was that he had ’een washed overboard. Mr M‘Kay was the son of a Lieutenant-General, and his loss was greatly regretted. At half-past 6 a.m. the sea, which continued to rage with ungovernable fury, again broke over the ship with tremendous effect, and almost buried her, so immense was Ihe volume of water which rolled on hoard. The water also got into the topgallant forecasts, and flooded-the crow but. The whole of that day the storm continued, but on the following day it moderated, and fresh southerly winds prevailed until arrival.